Ná-Meo
Na Meo
Mieu
Native toVietnam
RegionLang Son Province, Tuyen Quang Province
EthnicityMieu people
Native speakers
1,000 (2015)[1]
Hmong–Mien
Language codes
ISO 639-3neo
Glottologname1237

Ná-Meo (Vietnamese: Na Miểu; autonym: na53 mjau35 ɬa53[2]) is a language of northern Vietnam, spoken by the Mieu people. Nguyen (2007) believes Na Meo may be a Hmongic language closest to Qiandong Miao.

Classification

According to Andrew Hsiu (2015), Na Meo is most closely related to the Guncen 滚岑 and Zhenmin 振民 dialects of Southern Qiandong Miao (ISO 639-3: hms), which are spoken in Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, northern Guangxi Province, China. This is evidenced by the sound change Proto-Hmong–Mien *-ɛŋ > Proto-Na Meo-Guncen-Zhenmin *-a.

Distribution

The following locations are reported in Ethnologue.

Nguyen (2007:31) reports the following additional locations.

References

  1. Ná-Meo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. Hsiu (2015)

Sources

  • Hsiu, Andrew (2015). The classification of Na Meo, a Hmong-Mien language of Vietnam. Paper presented at SEALS 25, Chiang Mai, Thailand. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1127804
  • Nguyễn Văn Thắng (2007). Ambiguity of Identity: The Mieu in North Vietnam. Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books.
  • Nguyễn Anh Ngọc (1975). "Vài nét về nhóm Na Miểu". In, Ủy ban khoa học xã hội Việt Nam: Viện dân tộc học. Về vấn đề xác định thánh phần các dân tộc thiểu số ở miền bắc Việt Nam, 377-388. Hà Nội: Nhà xuất bản khoa học xã hội.
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