| Language name: | MIEN |
| UPSID number: | 2517 |
| Alternate name(s): | YAO |
| Classification: | Sino-Tibetan, Hmong-Mien |
| This language has | 41 segments |
| Its Frequency index is | 0.335190092 (average percentage of segments; 0.1: many very rare segments; 0.39: average; 0.7: many common segments) |
| The language has these sounds: | p ph b tD tDh dD c ch dj k kh g "ts "tsh "dz f "s m hm nD hnD nj N hN "l "hl ? h i e aa a a: u o O j hj w hw hnj |
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| Source(s): | Mao, Zongwu, Meng, Chaoji, Zheng, Zorgze ed. A Study of the Yao Minority Language. Institute of Cultural Minorities Language Series. Purnell, H.C. 1965. Phonology of a Yao Dialect. Hartford Seminary Foundation, Hartford. |