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Hmong
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hmong H'Mông
English
Alternative forms
en Hmoob
en Mong, en Moob
Etymology
From en mww Hmoob.
Pronunciation
en /h(ə)ˈmɒŋ/ /ˈmɒŋ/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Hmong.wav Southern England
en /ˈmɔŋ/ /h(ə)ˈmɔŋ/ GA, also en /ˈmʌŋ/
en /ˈmɑŋ/ /h(ə)ˈmɑŋ/ cot-caught
en ɒŋ 1
Noun
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A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.
Related terms
en Pahawh Hmong
Translations
people
Arabic: ar هْمُونْغ hmōnḡ
Burmese: my မုံ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 苗族 Miáozú
Danish: da hmong
Dutch: nl Hmong
Finnish: fi hmongit p
French: fr hmong m
German: de Miao m f
Hindi: hi ह्मोंग
Hmong:
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: cqd
Green Hmong: hnj Moob
White Hmong: mww Hmoob
Hungarian: hu hmong
Indonesian: id Hmong
Italian: it hmong
Japanese: ja ミャオ族 Myao-zoku, ja モン族 Mon-zoku
Khmer: km ម៉ុង mong, km ពួកម៉ុង puək moŋ
Korean: ko ^먀오-족, ko ^몽-족
Lao: lo ມົ້ງ, lo ແມ້ວ
Lithuanian: lt Miao, lt hmongai
Malay: ms Hmong
Polish: pl Miao, pl Hmong m-p
Portuguese: pt hmong m-p
Russian: ru мя́о m f, ru хмонг m f
Spanish: es miao, es hmong
Swedish: sv miao, sv hmong
Tagalog: tl
Tajik: tg ҳмонг, tg мяо
Thai: th ม้ง móng, th ชาวม้ง chaao móng, th แม้ว máew, th ชาวแม้ว chaao máew
Turkish: tr Hmonglar
Vietnamese: vi H'Mông
Zhuang: za Bouxmiuz
Proper noun
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
en Miao in China
Derived terms
en Hmongic
Translations
lect
Arabic: ar هْمُونْغ
Burmese: my
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 苗語 Miáoyǔ
Finnish: fi hmong
Hmong:
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao: cqd
Green Hmong: hnj moob
White Hmong: mww hmoob
Hungarian: hu hmong
Indonesian: id bahasa Hmong
Irish: ga Hmongais f
Japanese: ja ミャオ語 Myao-go
Khmer: km ភាសាម៉ុង pʰiesaa moŋ
Malay: ms bahasa Hmong
Portuguese: pt hmong m
Russian: ru хмонг m, ru мя́о m
Tagalog: tl
Tajik: tg забони ҳмонг, tg забони мяо
Thai: th ภาษาม้ง paasăa móng
Vietnamese: vi tiếng H'Mông
Zhuang: za Vahmiuz
Adjective
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Of or relating to the Hmong, their culture, or their lect.
Derived terms
en Hmongness
See also
Appendix:White Hmong Swadesh list
Hmong people
Hmong language
Further reading
hmn
separate codes exist for 25+ Hmong dialects; see the ISO's page
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