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Gha-Mu
Gha-Mu
Small Flowery Miao
Native to	China
Region	Guizhou
Ethnicity	Gha-Mu
Native speakers	(84,000 cited 1995)
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic West Hmongic Chuanqiandian cluster Gha-Mu; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	sfm
Glottolog	smal1236

Gha-Mu, often translated as Small Flowery Miao (Chinese: 小花苗; pinyin: Xiǎo Huā Miáo), is a Miao language of China spoken by the Gha-Mu people. It is closely related to the Hmong dialects of China and Laos; both Gha-Mu and Hmong are members of the Chuanqiandian cluster of West Hmongic languages.^[2] It is spoken in Nayong, Shuicheng, Zhenning, Guanling, and Hezhang counties of western Guizhou, China.^[3]

References

^ Gha-Mu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ Wang, Fushi 王辅世 (1983). "Miáo yǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí" 苗语方言划分问题 [On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language]. Mínzú Yǔwén 民族语文 (in Chinese). 1983 (5): 1–22.
^ "Gha-Mu" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2021-08-17 – via Asia Harvest.