| Mo Piu | |
|---|---|
| Mơ Piu | |
| Native to | Vietnam |
| Region | Lào Cai Province |
Native speakers | 240 (2011)1 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Mo Piu (Mơ Piu) is an unclassified Hmongic language spoken in the village of Nậm Tu Thượng, Nậm Xé Township, western Văn Bàn District, Lào Cai Province.2 It was first documented in 2009 by a team of French linguists as part of the MICA Institute's "Au Co" Project.
Geneviève Caelen-Haumont reported 237 speakers as of 2011. She notes that Mo Piu is highly divergent from neighbouring Hmongic languages in Vietnam.1
Ly Van Tu & Vittrant (2014) tentatively classify Mo Piu as a Guiyang Miao dialect.3
References
References
- Caelen-Haumont, Geneviève (2012). Towards the Tonal System of An Unknown Language from South-East Asia: A Deeper Insight (PDF). TAL 2012 ̶ Third International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages Nanjing, China, May 26–29, 2012.
- 22.05 N, 104.0166 E
- Ly Van Tu, Jean-Cyrille; Vittrant, Alice (2014). Place of Mơ Piu in the Hmong Group: A Proposal. Paper presented at SEALS 24, Yangon, Myanmar.
Further reading
Further reading
- Caelen-Haumont, Geneviève; Sam, Sethserey (2012). Comparison Between Two Models of Language for the Automatic Phonetic Labeling of an Undocumented Language of the South-Asia: The Case of Mo Piu (PDF). Eighth International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation: May 23-24-25, 2012, Istanbul Lütfi Kırdar Convention & Exhibition Center. Paris: European Language Resources Association. pp. 956–962. ISBN 978-2-9517408-7-7.
- Caelen-Haumont, Geneviève (2012). Towards the Mo Piu Tonal System: First Results on an Undocumented South-Asian Language (PDF). Speech Prosody 2012.