Mo Piu language

Mo Piu (Mơ Piu) is an unclassified Hmongic language spoken in the village of Nậm Tu Thượng, Nậm Xé Township, western Văn Bàn District, Lào Cai Province.^[2] It was first documented in 2009 by a team of French linguists as part of the MICA Institute's "Au Co" Project.

Mo Piu
Mơ Piu
Native to	Vietnam
Region	Lào Cai Province
Native speakers	240 (2011)[1]
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic West Hmongic? Guiyang Miao? Mo Piu
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	None

Geneviève Caelen-Haumont reported 237 speakers as of 2011. She notes that Mo Piu is highly divergent from neighbouring Hmongic languages in Vietnam.^[1]

Ly Van Tu & Vittrant (2014) tentatively classify Mo Piu as a Guiyang Miao dialect.^[3]