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/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /h(ə)ˈmɑŋ/

Noun

Hmong pl (plural only)

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
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

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: please add this translation if you can
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: please add this translation if you can
White Hmong: please add this translation if you can
Zhuang: Vahmiuz

Adjective

Hmong

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

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