Miao, Eastern Xiangxi

MUQ

vigorous

Alternate Names: Eastern Ghao-Xong, Eastern Miao, Eastern West-Hunan Miao, Ghao-Xong, Hsianghsi Miao, Meo Do, Northern Miao, Red Meo, Red Miao

Dialects: None known. Not inherently intelligible of other varieties of Miao. A member of macrolanguage Hmong ,.

Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Miao.

Genealogy:

Hmong-Mien
Hmongic
Xiangxi

Demographics: 80,000 (Wang Fushi and Mao Zhongwu 1995).

Nation of Origin: China

Other Comments: Traditional religion.