Kim Mun language

Kim Mun
Spoken in China
Region South East Asia
Native speakers 400,000  (1995–1999)[1]
Language family
Hmong–Mien
Official status
Official language in China (in Jinxiu Yao Autonomous County)
Regulated by No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-3 mji

Kim Mun language (金门土语), known as Lowland Yao (Pingdi Yao hua), is a Hmong–Mien language spoken by the Pingdi Yao, one of the Yao peoples in the provinces of Guangxi and Hunan.

Iu Mien and Kim Mun are very similar to each other, sharing 78% of words.

References

  1. ^ Kim Mun at Ethnologue