Hmong language

Hmong
Hmong
Mong
lus Hmoob / lug Moob / lol Hmongb / lus Hmôngz (Vietnam) / 𖬇𖬰𖬞 𖬌𖬣𖬵 / 𞄉𞄧𞄵𞄀𞄩𞄰‎
Pronunciation	[m̥ɔ̃́]
Native to	China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand
Ethnicity	Hmong
Native speakers	8.0 million
Language family	Hmong–Mien Hmongic Core Hmongic West Hmongic Chuanqiandian cluster Hmong; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Hmong writing: incl. Pahawh Hmong, Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, multiple Latin standards
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	China; Laos ; Myanmar ; Vietnam ; Thailand
Language codes
ISO 639-2	hmn Hmong, Mong (China, Laos)
ISO 639-3	hmn – inclusive code for the Hmong/Mong macrolanguage (China, Laos), including all Core Hmongic languages, except hmf and hmv; Individual codes:; cqd – Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao (cover term for Hmong in China); hea – Northern Qiandong Miao; hma – Southern Mashan Hmong; hmc – Central Huishui Hmong; hmd – Large Flowery Miao; hme – Eastern Huishui Hmong; hmf – Hmong Don (Vietnam); hmg – Southwestern Guiyang Hmong; hmh – Southwestern Huishui Hmong; hmi – Northern Huishui Hmong; hmj – Ge; hml – Luopohe Hmong; hmm – Central Mashan Hmong; hmp – Northern Mashan Hmong; hmq – Eastern Qiandong Miao; hms – Southern Qiandong Miao; hmv – Hmong Dô (Vietnam); hmw – Western Mashan Hmong; hmy – Southern Guiyang Hmong; hmz – Hmong Shua (Sinicized Miao); hnj – Mong Njua/Mong Leng (China, Laos), Blue/Green Hmong (United States); hrm – A-Hmo, Horned Miao (China); huj – Northern Guiyang Hmong; mmr – Western Xiangxi Miao; muq – Eastern Xiangxi Miao; mww – Hmong Daw (China, Laos), White Hmong (United States); sfm – Small Flowery Miao
Glottolog	firs1234
Linguasphere	48-AAA-a
	Map of Hmong-Mien languages, West Hmongic language in purple

Hmong or Mong (/ˈmʌŋ/; RPA: Hmoob, Nyiakeng Puachue: 𞄀𞄩𞄰‎, Pahawh: 𖬌𖬣𖬵, [m̥ɔ̃́]) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. There are some 2.7 million speakers of varieties that are largely mutually intelligible, including over 280,000 Hmong Americans as of 2013. Over half of all Hmong speakers speak the various dialects in China, where the Dananshan (大南山) dialect forms the basis of the standard language. However, Hmong Daw and Mong Leng are widely known only in Laos and the United States; Dananshan is more widely known in the native region of Hmong.

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