Biao Mon language

Biao Mon (autonym: bjau˧˩moːn˧˩)[3] is a Mienic language of Guangxi province, China. It is spoken in Lipu, Mengshan, Pingle, and Zhaoping counties in Guangxi, China.[4]

Biao Mon
Changping Mien
Native toChina
RegionGuangxi
Native speakers
(20,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3bmt
Glottologbiao1256[2]

Biao Mon is not to be confused with Biao Min, a different Mienic language spoken to the north in Quanzhou and Gongcheng counties of Guangxi. Also, despite sometimes being referred to as "Mien," Biao Mon is not a variety of Iu Mien and is distinct from it.

Names

Alternative names for Biao Mon include (Ethnologue):

  • Biao Mien
  • Biao-Mian 标勉
  • Biaoman 标曼
  • Changping 长坪

Biao Mon is referred to by Luang-Thongkum (1993) as Muen.[5]

Varieties

Mao (2004) provides extensive documentation of the Biao Mon variety of Dongpingdong village 东坪垌村, Changping township 长坪乡, Mengshan County 蒙山县, Guangxi.

"Biao Man 标曼" (bjau˨ mwan˨) of Liuchong 六冲, Qiaoting Township 桥亭乡, Pingle County 平乐县, Guangxi is documented by Tang (1994); another "Biao Man 标曼" dialect is spoken in Dongpingdong 东坪洞 (Tang 1994).[4]

Luoxiang 罗香 (Ao Biao 坳标), a Mienic language variety of Jinxiu County, Guangxi, is closely related to Biao Mon but is distinct from it.[3]

References
  1. Biao Mon at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Biao Mon". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  3. Mao Zongwu [毛宗武]. 2004. A study of Mien dialects [Yao zu Mian yu fang yan yan jiu 瑤族勉语方言研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].
  4. Tang Yongliang 唐永亮. 1994. Yaozu Mianyu Liuchong Biaomanhua yuyin tedian he shengdiao shiyan yanjiu 瑶族勉语六冲标曼话语音特点和声调实验研究. Minzu Yuwen 1994:5.
  5. Luang-Thongkum, Theraphan. 1993. A view on Proto-Mjuenic (Yao). Mon-Khmer Studies 22:163-230.
  • Mao Zongwu [毛宗武]. 2004. A study of Mien dialects [Yao zu Mian yu fang yan yan jiu 瑤族勉语方言研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].
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