title: Numao language
text: # Numao language
  
  Numao is a Hmongic language of China.
  
  ## Varieties
  
  Meng (2001) lists the following language varieties for Numao.
  
  * Numao 努茂 (Nu Mhou, autonym: 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: 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: 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.
  
  * 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.
  
  * nu55 m̥au33: Yaolu 瑶麓
  * təu55 m̥u55: Yaoshan 瑶山
  * tuŋ33 m̥uŋ33: Yao'ai 瑶埃
  