Dzao Min language
| Dzao Min | |
|---|---|
| Ba Pai | |
| Native to | China |
Native speakers | (60,000 cited 1995)[1] |
Hmong–Mien
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bpn |
Dzao Min (Chinese: 藻敏), is a Hmong–Mien language of China. Mao (2004:306) reports a total of more than 60,000 speakers in Liannan County and Yangshan County of Guangdong, and in Yizhang County of Hunan. The speakers from Bapai, Guangdong are also called Bapai Yao (八排瑶族).
The Chenzhou Prefecture Gazetteer (1996) reports that there are 1,200 "Bapai Yao" or "Zao Min" (藻敏) in Huangjiapan Village 黄家畔村, Mangshan Township 莽山乡, Yizhang County, Hunan. They are reported to have migrated from Taipingdong 太平洞, Chengjia District 称架区, Yangshan County, Guangdong in the 1500's.
Long Guoyi (2011) covers the six Zao Min dialects of Youling 油岭, Daping 大坪, Panshi 盘石, Junliao 军寮, Nan'gang 南岗, and Mangshan 莽山.[2]
References
- ^ Dzao Min at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ^ 龙国贻 [Long Guoyi] (2011). 藻敏瑶语语音研究.
- 毛宗武 / Mao Zongwu. 2004. 瑤族勉语方言研究 / Yao zu Mian yu fang yan yan jiu [A Study of Mien Dialects]. Beijing: 民族出版社 / Min zu chu ban she.
 | This language-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |