Gha-Mu language

{{Short description|Miao language of Guizhou, China}}

{{redirect|Small Flowery Miao|the ethnic group|Small Flowery Miao people}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Gha-Mu

|nativename=Small Flowery Miao

|states=China

|region=Guizhou

|ethnicity=Gha-Mu

|speakers=84,000

|date=1995

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Hmong-Mien

|fam2=Hmongic

|fam3=West Hmongic

|fam4=Chuanqiandian cluster

|iso3=sfm

|glotto=smal1236

|glottorefname=Gha-mu

}}

Gha-Mu, often translated as Small Flowery Miao ({{zh|c=小花苗|p=Xiǎo Huā Miáo}}), is a Miao language of China spoken by the Gha-Mu people. It is closely related to the Hmong dialects of China and Laos; both Gha-Mu and Hmong are members of the Chuanqiandian cluster of West Hmongic languages.{{Cite journal |last=Wang |first=Fushi 王辅世 |date=1983 |title=Miáo yǔ fāngyán huàfēn wèntí |script-title=zh:苗语方言划分问题 |trans-title=On the Dialect Divisions of the Miao Language |journal=Mínzú Yǔwén |language=zh |volume=1983 |issue=5 |pages=1–22 |script-journal=zh:民族语文}} It is spoken in Nayong, Shuicheng, Zhenning, Guanling, and Hezhang counties of western Guizhou, China.{{Cite web |title=Gha-Mu |url=http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/G/Gha-Mu.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826020832/http://asiaharvest.org/wp-content/uploads/people-groups/China/chinaPeoples/G/Gha-Mu.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-26 |access-date=2021-08-17 |language=en |via=Asia Harvest}}