Hmong

Wikipedia

See also Hmông, and H'Mông

English

Alternative forms

• Hmoob
• Mong, Moob

Proper noun

Hmong

1. A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.
2. 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

people

• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese: 苗族 (Miáozú)
• Danish: hmong
• Dutch: Hmong (nl)
• Finnish: hmongit (fi) pl
• French: Hmong (fr)
• German: Miao (de)
• Hmong: Hmoob
• Indonesian: Hmong (id)
• Italian: hmong
• Japanese: ミャオ族 (myao zoku)
• Khmer: ម៉ុង (km) (mong)

• Korean: 먀오족 (myaojok)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: Miao (lt)
• Malay: Hmong (ms)
• Polish: Miao (pl)
• Russian: мяо (ru) (mjáo) 
• Spanish: miao (es)
• Swedish: miao (sv)
• Thai: ม้ง (th) (móng)
• Turkish: Hmonglar
• Vietnamese: H'Mông (vi)

lect

Adjective

Hmong

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

See also

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

External links

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