Hmong Shib

Nationality Classification
苗族 Hmong (Miao)
Language or Dialect Name (Chinese)
苗语川黔滇方言,花苗土语 (也称青苗,绿苗)
Language or Dialect Name (English)
Hmong Shib
ISO 639-3 Code
(cqd)
Language Stock Classification
苗瑶语族 Hmong-Mien
Primary Province or Region
云南省 Yunnan Province
Location (in China)
Yunnan Province's Wenshan, Xichou, Yanshan, Guangnan, Funing, Malipo, Maguan, Qiubei, Hekou, Pingbian, Mengzi, Kaiyuan and Mile Counties. (In addition around 150,000 speakers of Dianxi Miao, Hmong Sab, Anning Miao, Hua Miao, Hmongb Dlex Nchab reside in Kunming, Anning, Weishan, Lijiang, Changning, and Jinping Counties and Municipalities and Mangkuan District of Longyang District of Baoshan City. These varieties have very high inter-comprehension with Hmong Shib.)
Estimated Speaker Population (in China)
250,000
Speaker Population Year of Estimate
2019