Gejia language


The Ge or Gejia language, also known as Chong'anjiang Miao, is a West Hmongic language of Huangping County, Guizhou, China. The endonym is spelled Mhong, though it shares this with Huishui Miao; it is pronounced, as in the Hmong language. When speaking Chinese, they call themselves.
Gejia is spoken in eastern Guizhou, in speech islands within the Hmu language area. Dongjia, spoken nearby in Majiang County, is closely related to Gejia.

Distribution

Sun lists the following locations for Chong'anjiang Miao, and gives a speaker population estimate of 40,000.