Biao Mon

BMT

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Alternate Names: Biao Mien, Biaoman, Biao-Mian, Changping, Min Yao, Sida Min Yao

Dialects: Biao Mon (Min Yao), Shi Mun (Sida Min Yao). May be intelligible with some dialects of Iu Mien ,. Quite different from and unintelligible with Biao Jiao Mien , or its dialect Biaomin, also called Biao Mien.

Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Yao.

Genealogy:

Hmong-Mien
Mienic
Mian-Jin

Demographics: 20,000 (Wang Fushi and Mao Zhongwu 1995).

Nation of Origin: China

Other Comments: Daoist.