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/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɔŋ/, /h(ə)ˈmɔŋ/, (also) IPA^(key): /ˈmʌŋ/
• (cot–caught merger) 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.

Related terms

• Pahawh Hmong

 

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: Moob
• Hungarian: hmong (hu)
• Indonesian: Hmong
• Italian: hmong
• Japanese: ミャオ族 (Myao-zoku)
• Khmer: ម៉ុង (km) (mong), ពួកម៉ុង (puək moŋ)
• Korean: 먀오족 (Myao-jok)
• Lao: ມົ້ງ (mong), ແມ້ວ (lo) (mǣu)
• Lithuanian: Miao
• Malay: Hmong
• Polish: Miao, Hmong (pl) m pl
• 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)

Derived terms

• Hmongic

Translations

lect

• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 苗語 / 苗语 (zh) (Miáoyǔ)

• Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: hmong (fi)
• Green Hmong: moob
• Hungarian: hmong (hu)
• 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