Miao, Small Flowery

SFM

vigorous

Alternate Names: Atse, Ghab-Mvb Ghab-Svd, Ghuab-Hmongb Ghuab-Soud, Hsiao Hwa Miao, Xiao Hua Miao

Dialects: None known. Inherently unintelligible of other Miao varieties (Hattaway 2000). A member of macrolanguage Hmong ,.

Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Miao.

Genealogy:

Hmong-Mien
Hmongic
Chuanqiandian

Demographics: 84,000 (Wang Fushi and Mao Zhongwu 1995).

Language Use: Vigorous. Home, community, market. All ages. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].

Nation of Origin: China

Other Comments: Traditional religion, Christian.