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    The Mienic or Yao languages are spoken by the Yao people of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Some of the Yao peoples speak Hmongic languages (Miao);...
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    (Miao) and Mienic (Yao) are closely related, but clearly distinct. For internal classifications, see Hmongic languages and Mienic languages. The largest...
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  • reconstructions include Proto-Hmongic and Proto-Mienic. Ratliff (2021) estimates that the split between Hmongic and Mienic had occurred before 2500 BP, since the...
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  • Iu Mien in the West, however, because most are refugees from Laos, their dialect incorporates influences from the Lao and Thai languages. Iu Mien has...
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    Yao people (redirect from Mien people)
    different languages, The Iu Mien comprise 70% of the Yao population.[citation needed] Hmong–Mien languages The Mien speak Mienic languages (simplified...
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  • Proto-Mienic or Proto-Yao (Chinese: 原始瑶语) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Mienic languages. Reconstructions of Proto-Mienic (Proto-Yao) include those...
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    people (such as Hmong, Hmu, and Xong). Hmongic languages also include various languages spoken by non-Mienic-speaking Yao people, such as Pa-Hng, Bunu, Jiongnai...
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  • Bu–Nao languages are officially classified as Yao people by the Chinese government, although they speak Hmongic languages rather than Mienic languages. Strecker...
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    Autonomous Region in China. The Iu Mien language is categorized as belonging to the Hmong–Mien language family. Iu Mien populations can be found in Southern...
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  • between Proto-Hmongic and Proto-Mienic: Proto-Hmong–Mien language Proto-Mienic language Hmongic languages Proto-Hmong-Mien reconstructions (Wiktionary) Proto-Hmongic...
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