Miao, Guiyang Northwestern

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Location: In 1982, 5,000 Miao reached a fever pitch. how he sent his daughter to SICHUAN speakers of the Hundreds of thousands of earth to help the poor and GUIZHOU Northwestern Guiyang Miao troops were mobilized from unfortunate. Some Miao •Jinsha language were reported in all over China to attack the groups believe there was •Lupanshui •Guiyang •Anshun China. At that time, Chinese Miao. The official Chinese once a ladder that •Duyun YUNNAN linguists began to policy was one of genocide connected the earth with •Xingren investigate the numerous and complete extermination heaven, but the ladder was Scale GUANGXI 0 KM 160 Miao languages and of the Miao race. broken. Since that time no Population in China: dialects, assigning them to Miao have been able to visit 5,000 (1982) their various classifications. Customs: Linguists have heaven. 7,610 (2000) The Northwestern Guiyang ascertained that more than 9,810 (2010) Miao live in Pingba, Qianxi, 5,000 people speak the Christianity: Most of the Location: Guizhou Religion: Animism Luzhi, and Qingzhen Northwestern Guiyang Miao Northwestern Guiyang Miao Christians: None Known counties, west of Guiyang language. Within that have never heard the gospel City in Guizhou Province. number, however, there may and live hidden away from Overview of the be several ethno-socio any Christian influence. Northwestern Identity: At the completion subgroups, each wearing Those few who have heard of studies based on the distinct dress and practising the good news in Mandarin Guiyang Miao 1982 census findings, there slightly different customs have found it interesting, Countries: China were still eight unclassified from the others. but because it was not Pronunciation: “Gway-yung-Meow” Miao languages that did not presented to them in their Other Names: Hmong: Northwest Guiyang fit into any of the Religion: The Miao believe own language, it has proven Population Source: 5,000 government’s recognized that the gods are invisible to be something abstract or (1985 Wang Fushi – 1982 figure); categories. One of these unless they choose to foreign. Specific cross- Out of a total Miao population of was a language labeled reveal themselves. Among cultural evangelism will need 7,398,035 (1990 census) Qianxi, Pingba, Qingzhen them, Ntzi is the highest to occur before the gospel Location: Guizhou: Qianxi, Pingba, Luzhi, and Qingzhen counties after the names of three god. He is kind, just, and takes hold in the hearts and Status: counties where it is spoken. powerful, controlling heaven minds of the Northwestern Officially included under Miao In 1993 Chinese linguist Li and earth. Stories recount Guiyang Miao people. Language: Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Yunbing arrived at the Western Hmongic, Guiyang conclusion that it was a part Dialects: 0 of the Guiyang Miao Religion: Animism, Polytheism, language cluster.1 It has Ancestor Worship subsequently been called Christians: None known Northwestern Guiyang Miao Scripture: None by the Chinese authorities. Jesus film: None None of the other seven Gospel Recordings: None Miao languages has yet Christian Broadcasting: None been classified. ROPAL code: None Language: Because of their Status of Evangelization relatively recent inclusion as 82% a part of the Guiyang group, the Northwestern Guiyang Miao language has 18% appeared in few linguistic 0% studies. A B C History: The Northwestern A = Have never heard the gospel Guiyang Miao have been B = Were evangelized but did not forced from the best and become Christians C = Are adherents to any form of most fertile land into the Christianity mountains by Han Chinese settlers. Organized and brutal attacks on the Miao were launched at regular intervals by the Chinese during the 1700s and 1800s when hatred for the Dwayne Graybill

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