Hmong-Mien · ISO 639-3 cqd
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao Language
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao is a Hmong-Mien language spoken by about 3.7 million people in 1 country.
Where Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao
Language family
- Hmong-Mien
- Hmongic
- Nuclear Hmongic-Ho Ne
- Nuclear Hmongic
- West Hmongic
- Greater Chuanqiandian
- Chuanqiandian
- First Vernacular Hmong
- Far Western Miao
- Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao
Related languages
About the Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao language
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao is spoken by about 3.7 million people, which makes it the 221st most spoken language in the world — just behind Achinese (3.7 million) and ahead of Georgian (3.7 million). It belongs to the Hmong-Mien language family and, more precisely, to the Far Western Miao group within the Nuclear Hmongic-Ho Ne branch.
Where is Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao spoken?
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in China (3.7 million).
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao is not a national official language anywhere.
Writing system and status
It is a safe, widely transmitted language: children still learn it at home as their first language.
Its closest relatives in the same branch of the family are Hmong Daw, Northern Qiandong Miao and Hmong.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 cqd.
Frequently asked questions about Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao
How many people speak Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao?
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Is Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao an endangered language?
Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.