Miao people
The Miao are a group of linguistically-related peoples living in Southern China and Southeast Asia, which are recognized by the government of China as one of the 56 official ethnic groups. The Miao live primarily in southern China's mountains, in the provinces of Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong and Hainan. Some sub-groups of the Miao, most notably the Hmong people, have migrated out of China into Southeast Asia (Burma (Myanmar), Northern Vietnam, Laos and Thailand). Following the communist takeover of Laos in 1975, a large group of Hmong refugees resettled in several Western nations, mainly in the United States, France and Australia.

Miao is a Chinese term, while the component groups of people have their own autonyms, such as (with some variant spellings) Hmong, Hmu, Xong (Qo-Xiong) and A-Hmao. These people (except those in Hainan) speak Hmongic languages, a subfamily of the Hmong–Mien languages including many mutually unintelligible languages such as the Hmong, Hmub, Xong and A-Hmao.

Not all speakers of the Hmongic languages belong to the Miao. For example, the speakers of the Bunu and Bahengic languages are designated as the Yao, and the speakers of the Sheic languages are designated as the She and the Yao.

The Kem Di Mun people in Hainan, despite being officially designated as Miao people, are linguistically and culturally identical to the Kim Mun people in continental China who are classified as a subgroup of the Yao.
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Southern China
UNK
Q11708
Southeast Asia
LOC
Q476256
official ethnic groups
UNK
Q47097
Guizhou
LOC
Q43194
Yunnan
LOC
Q19770
Sichuan
LOC
Q46862
Hubei
LOC
Q45761
Hunan
LOC
Q15176
Guangxi
LOC
Q15175
Guangdong
LOC
Q42200
Hainan
LOC
Q219205
Hmong people
Concept
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Burma
LOC
Q881
Vietnam
LOC
Q819
Laos
LOC
Q869
Thailand
LOC
None
communist takeover of Laos
UNK
Q30
United States
LOC
Q142
France
LOC
Q408
Australia
LOC
Q7850
Chinese
Concept
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Hmong
Concept
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Hmu
MEDIA
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Xong
MEDIA
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A-Hmao
PER
Q42200
Hainan
LOC
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Hmongic languages
MEDIA
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Hmong–Mien languages
Concept
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Hmong
Concept
Q7268014
Xong
MEDIA
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A-Hmao
Concept
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Hmongic languages
MEDIA
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Bunu
MEDIA
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Bahengic languages
Concept
Q370868
Yao
ORG
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Sheic languages
UNK
Q735890
She
Concept
Q1115317
Kem Di Mun
Concept
Q42200
Hainan
LOC
Q1115317
Kim Mun
Concept
Q370868
Yao
ORG
Q209959
Miao people
Concept
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native language
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