Legends and ancient songs of Miao people say that Miao people have characters, but only some Miao Wen tablets have been found in Chengbu, Hunan Province, which are scattered and can no longer be used as a systematic language. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the state has worked out four sets of phonetic alphabets for Miao people. Together with the international Miao Wen of Miao people abroad, Miao people now have five sets of phonetic alphabets.
On the one hand, after the implementation of Miao Wen, the Miao language was used to publicize Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought and the lines, principles, policies and laws of the party and the state, which improved the political and ideological level of the Miao people. Let the masses know more about laws and regulations and protect themselves and society with national laws.
On the other hand, after the implementation of Miao Wen, the people experienced the atmosphere of equality among all ethnic groups, improved the self-esteem and self-confidence of the Miao people, promoted national unity and maintained social stability. Governments at all levels in Guizhou Province mainly write in Chinese, while autonomous prefectures and counties pay more attention to the use of Miao language and Chinese.
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The birth process of pinyin Miao Wen;
265438+At the beginning of the 20th century, British Pollard, Han intellectuals Yang Jacob, Zhang Wu, Li Steven and others who preached in Shimenkan, Weining, northwest Guizhou, cooperated with some Latin letters and some note symbols, and took the pronunciation of Shimenkan Miao language as the standard pronunciation, and created a phonetic symbol called "Polan alphabet" (commonly known as "Lao").
It is used to translate the Christian Bible, compile textbooks and record Miao folk stories, poems and notes. In the 1940s, some Miao people who spoke the northeast sub-dialect of Sichuan-Guizhou-Yunnan dialect moved and settled in Xinchi Village, Xiyahe Township, and introduced the "Baoli letter Miao Wen" into Ziyun, which is still in common use today. Moreover, Xinchi Primary School uses this word and Chinese characters for bilingual teaching.
In the 1950s, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the people's government, a large number of linguists including Miao scholars were trained, the national Miao language was investigated and studied, "Old Miao Wen" was reformed, and Miao Wen, the Latin phonetic alphabet of three regional dialects, was created. However, due to the complexity of some branches of the Miao nationality and the great language differences, it is extremely difficult to unify them.
The language of the Miao people who speak Mashan dialect in China is very different from other dialects, even within the local language family, there are many differences in their languages.
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