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Not to be confused with the Limbu people of Nepal, who are also called Xong. Qo Xiong Xong, Xiangxi MiaoRed Miao, MeoPronunciation [tu˥˧ɕõ˧˥ tu˥˧ɕõ˧˥]Native to ChinaRegion mostly HunanEthnicity incl. GejiaNative speakers 900,000  (1995)Language family Hmong–Mien HmongicCore HmongicQo XiongWriting system LatinLanguage codesISO 639-3 Either:mmr – Western Xiangxi Miaomuq – Eastern Xiangxi Miao The Xong language (dut Xongb, spoken by Qo Xiong people), also known as Xiangxi Miao (湘西 Western Hunan Miao), Eastern Miao, Meo, Red Miao, and North Hmongic, is a dialect cluster of Hmongic languages of China. Xong was given as a branch of Hmongic in Strecker (1987). Matisoff (2001) split it into two languages, reflected in Ethnologue, but Matisoff (2006) lists only one. The best studied dialect is that of Layiping 腊乙坪, Jiwei Township 吉卫镇, Huayuan County, Hunan Province, China (see Xiang 1999).
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