Numao language

Numao
Native to	China
Region	Libo County, Guizhou
Ethnicity	Yao
Native speakers	1,715 (2001)[1]
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic West Hmongic Bu–Nao Numao
Dialects	Numao Dongmeng Doumu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	numa1251

Numao is a Hmongic language of China.

Varieties

Meng (2001) lists the following language varieties for Numao.^[1]

• Numao 努茂 (Nu Mhou, autonym: nu22 m̥ou11) - 1,715 speakers in Libo County, Guizhou; representative dialect: Yaolu Township, Libo County 荔波瑶麓瑶族乡
  • Numao 努茂 (Nu Mhou, White-Trouser Yao 白裤瑶, autonym: nu22 m̥ou11) - about 1,200 speakers in the townships of Yaolu 瑶麓 and Jiarong 佳荣
  • Dongmeng 冬孟 (Long-Shirt Yao 长衫瑶, autonym: toŋ11 nu22, toŋ11 m̥uŋ11) - about 400 speakers in the townships of Maolan 茂兰, Dongtang 洞塘, and Weng'ang 翁昂

Zhou (2013:29) lists the following three varieties of Numao and also provides 400-word vocabulary lists for them.^[2]

• White-Trouser Yao 白裤瑶 (autonym: təu51 m̥o33) in Yaoshan Township 瑶山乡
• Green Yao 青瑶 (autonym: mu51 m̥ɑu33) in Yaolu Township 瑶麓乡
• Long-Shirt Yao 长衫瑶 (autonym: tən33 m̥o55) in Yaozhai 瑶寨, Dongtang Township 洞塘乡

The Guizhou Province Gazetteer (2002) lists the following autonyms for these villages in Libo County, Guizhou.^[3]

• nu55 m̥au33: Yaolu 瑶麓
• təu55 m̥u55: Yaoshan 瑶山
• tuŋ33 m̥uŋ33: Yao'ai 瑶埃

References

1. Meng, Chaoji 蒙朝吉 (2001). Yáozú Bùnǔyǔ fāngyán yánjiū 瑤族布努语方言研究 [A Study of the Bunu Dialects of the Yao People] (in Chinese). Beijing: Minzu chubanshe.
2. Zhou, Guoyan 周国炎 (2013). Zhōngguó xīnán mínzú zájū dìqū yǔyán guānxì yǔduō yǔ héxié yánjiū: Yǐ Diān Qián Guì pílín mínzú zájū dìqū wèi yánjiū gè'àn 中国西南民族杂居地区语言关系与多语和谐研究：以滇黔桂毗邻民族杂居地区为研究个案 (in Chinese). Beijing: Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe. ISBN 978-7-5161-1985-3.
3. Guizhou Province Gazetteer: Ethnic Gazetteer [贵州省志. 民族志] (2002). Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House [貴州民族出版社].