Numao language
{{Short description|Hmongic language of China}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Numao
|nativename=
|altname=
|states=China
|region=Libo County, Guizhou
|ethnicity=Yao
|speakers=1,715
|date=2001
|familycolor=Hmong-Mien
|fam2=Hmongic
|fam3=West Hmongic
|fam4=Bu–Nao
|dia1=Numao
|dia2=Dongmeng
|dia3=Doumu
|glotto=numa1251
|glottorefname=Numao
}}
Numao is a Hmongic language of China.
Varieties
Meng (2001) lists the following language varieties for Numao.{{Cite book |last=Meng |first=Chaoji 蒙朝吉 |title=Yáozú Bùnǔyǔ fāngyán yánjiū |date=2001 |publisher=Minzu chubanshe |location=Beijing |language=zh |script-title=zh:瑤族布努语方言研究 |trans-title=A Study of the Bunu Dialects of the Yao People}}
- Numao 努茂 (Nu Mhou, autonym: {{IPA|nu22 m̥ou11}}) - 1,715 speakers in Libo County, Guizhou; representative dialect: Yaolu Township, Libo County 荔波瑶麓瑶族乡
- Numao 努茂 (Nu Mhou, White-Trouser Yao 白裤瑶, autonym: {{IPA|nu22 m̥ou11}}) - about 1,200 speakers in the townships of Yaolu 瑶麓 and Jiarong 佳荣
- Dongmeng 冬孟 (Long-Shirt Yao 长衫瑶, autonym: {{IPA|toŋ11 nu22, toŋ11 m̥uŋ11}}) - about 400 speakers in the townships of Maolan 茂兰, Dongtang 洞塘, and Weng'ang 翁昂
Zhou (2013:29) lists the following three varieties of Numao and also provides 400-word vocabulary lists for them.{{Cite book |last=Zhou |first=Guoyan 周国炎 |title=Zhōngguó xīnán mínzú zájū dìqū yǔyán guānxì yǔduō yǔ héxié yánjiū: Yǐ Diān Qián Guì pílín mínzú zájū dìqū wèi yánjiū gè'àn |date=2013 |publisher=Zhongguo shehui kexue chubanshe |isbn=978-7-5161-1985-3 |location=Beijing |language=zh |script-title=zh:中国西南民族杂居地区语言关系与多语和谐研究：以滇黔桂毗邻民族杂居地区为研究个案}}
- White-Trouser Yao 白裤瑶 (autonym: təu51 m̥o33) in Yaoshan Township 瑶山乡
- Green Yao 青瑶 (autonym: mu51 m̥ɑu33) in Yaolu Township 瑶麓乡
- Long-Shirt Yao 长衫瑶 (autonym: tən33 m̥o55) in Yaozhai 瑶寨, Dongtang Township 洞塘乡
The Guizhou Province Gazetteer (2002) lists the following autonyms for these villages in Libo County, Guizhou.Guizhou Province Gazetteer: Ethnic Gazetteer [贵州省志. 民族志] (2002). Guiyang: Guizhou Ethnic Publishing House [貴州民族出版社].
- {{IPA|nu55 m̥au33}}: Yaolu 瑶麓
- {{IPA|təu55 m̥u55}}: Yaoshan 瑶山
- {{IPA|tuŋ33 m̥uŋ33}}: Yao'ai 瑶埃