Hmong

Hmong

See also: hmong and H'Mông

English

Alternative forms

• Hmoob
• Mong, Moob

Etymology

From White Hmong Hmoob.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h(ə)ˈmɒŋ/, /ˈmɒŋ/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑŋ/, /h(ə)ˈmɑŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Noun

Hmong pl (plural only)

1. A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.

Translations

people

Burmese: မုံ (my) (mum) Chinese: Mandarin: 苗族 (zh) (Miáozú) Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can Danish: hmong Dutch: Hmong Finnish: hmongit pl French: hmong (fr) m German: Miao m or f Green Hmong: Hmoob Hungarian: hmong Indonesian: Hmong Italian: hmong Japanese: ミャオ族 (Myao-zoku) Khmer: ម៉ុង (km) (mong), ពួកម៉ុង (puək moŋ) Korean: 먀오족 (Myao-jok) Lao: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: Miao Malay: Hmong Polish: Miao Portuguese: hmong m pl Russian: мя́о (ru) m or f (mjáo), хмонг m or f (xmong) Spanish: miao Swedish: miao Tagalog: please add this translation if you can Thai: ม้ง (móng), ชาวม้ง (th) (chaao móng), แม้ว (th) (máew), ชาวแม้ว (chaao máew) Turkish: Hmonglar Vietnamese: H'Mông White Hmong: Hmoob Zhuang: Bouxmiuz

Proper noun

Hmong

1. The lect spoken by these people, which is a cluster of a large number of lects which are sometimes considered dialects and sometimes separate languages.

Synonyms

• Miao (in China)

Translations

lect

Burmese: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 苗語／苗语 (Miáoyǔ) Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can Finnish: hmong (fi) Green Hmong: moob Hungarian: hmong Indonesian: bahasa Hmong Irish: Hmongais f Japanese: ミャオ語 (Myao-go) Khmer: ភាសាម៉ុង (pʰiesaa moŋ) Malay: bahasa Hmong Portuguese: hmong m Russian: хмонг m (xmong), мя́о (ru) m (mjáo) Tagalog: please add this translation if you can Thai: ภาษาม้ง (paasăa móng) Vietnamese: tiếng H'Mông White Hmong: hmoob Zhuang: Vahmiuz

Adjective

Hmong

1. Of or relating to the Hmong, their culture, or their lect.

Derived terms

• Hmongness

See also

• Appendix:White Hmong Swadesh list
• Hmong people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hmong language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Hmong, hmn ⁠
• separate codes exist for 25+ Hmong dialects; see the ISO's page