Luobohe Miao language
Luobohe Miao, also known as Hmjo or A-Hmyo, is a Miao language of China.
Distribution
According to Chen Qiguang, there are more than 50,000 speakers in Kaiyang, Fuquan, Longli, Guiding, Weng'an, and other counties of southeastern Guizhou.According to Sun Hongkai, Luobohe Miao is spoken by about 40,000 people in Fuquan, Guiding, Longli, Kaiyang, Kaili, and other counties. In Kaili City, it is spoken in Majiatun 马家屯, Dapaomu 大泡木, and other villages.
Phonology
Luobo River Miao has an unusually small number of tones for a Hmongic language, with just three: high 55, rising 24, and falling 31.Xijia
Xijia, a variety of Luobohe Miao, had 1,300 speakers as of 2000 in 21 villages surrounding Kaili City, Guizhou, and in Pingzhai Village of Longchang Township, and Xiangma, Loumiao, and Fuzhuang Villages of Lushan Township. It is also spoken in Majiatun Township and Dabaomu Township of Kaili City. The Xijia of Shiban Village, Dafengdong Township, Kaili cannot communicate with the neighboring Ge people.According to Chen Qiguang, the Xijia numbered 1,941 people as of 1983, and were distributed in Laojunzhai, Majiatun, and Daxiao Baoben of Kaili City.
Within Luobohe, Xijia is classified as "Dialect 1". while Yejipo Miao is classified as "Dialect 2". Chen's data was collected by Luo Daoqin in 1983. Additionally, a Miao variety spoken in Gusa, Sizhai Village, Xinpu Township, Guiding County, Guizhou belongs to the "Dialect 2" cluster.