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Pingtang Miao, named after Pingtang County (平塘 píngtáng) in which it is spoken, is a group of Miao language varieties of China.

Pingtang Miao
Native to	China
Region	Guizhou
Native speakers	(24,000 cited 1995)[1]
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic West Hmongic Pingtang Miao
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Linguist List	ping Pingtang
	dush Dushan
	lupi Luodian–Pingyan
	wanl Wangmo–Luodian
Glottolog	None

Classification

The four varieties of Pingtang were listed as unclassified branches of Chuanqiandian Miao (Western Hmongic) in Wang (1983).[2] Li (2000) classified them together as one of eight branches of Western Hmongic,[3] a position maintained in Wu and Yang (2010).[4]

Varieties

There are four varieties of Pingtang according to Li (2000):

• North (Strecker's Pingtang Miao), 11,000 speakers
• East (Strecker's Dushan Miao), 4,000
• South (Strecker's Luodian–Pingyan Miao), 6,000
• West (Strecker's Wangmo–Luodian Miao a.k.a. Mhang), 3,000

These are at approximately the distance of the varieties of the other branches of West Hmongic, which Ethnologue assigned separate ISO codes.

References

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