Pingtang Miao
Pingtang Miao, named after Pingtang County in which it is spoken, is a group of Miao language varieties of China.Classification
The four varieties of Pingtang were listed as unclassified branches of Chuanqiandian Miao in Wang. Li classified them together as one of eight branches of Western Hmongic, a position maintained in Wu and Yang.Varieties
There are four varieties of Pingtang according to Li :
- North, 11,000 speakers
- East, 4,000
- South, 6,000
- West, 3,000
These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, which Ethnologue assigned separate ISO codes.