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Hmong

Hmong

See also: hmong and H'Mông

English

Alternative forms

Hmoob
Mong, Moob

Proper noun

Hmong

A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world.
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:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 苗族 (zh) ‎(Miáozú)
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao:
Danish: hmong
Dutch: Hmong
Finnish: hmongit pl
French: hmong (fr) m
German: Miao m, 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:
Lithuanian: Miao
Malay: Hmong
Polish: Miao
Portuguese: hmong m pl
Russian: мя́о (ru) m, f ‎(mjáo), хмонг m, f ‎(xmong)
Spanish: miao
Swedish: miao
Tagalog:
Thai: ม้ง ‎(móng), ชาวม้ง ‎(chaao móng), แม้ว (th) ‎(máew), ชาวแม้ว ‎(chaao máew)
Turkish: Hmonglar
Vietnamese: H'Mông
White Hmong: Hmoob
Zhuang:

lect

Burmese:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 苗語, 苗语 ‎(Miáoyǔ)
Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao:
Green Hmong:
Indonesian:
Japanese: ミャオ語 ‎(Myao go)
Khmer: ភាសាម៉ុង ‎(pʰiesaa moŋ)
Malay:

Portuguese: hmong m
Russian: хмонг m ‎(xmong), мя́о (ru) m ‎(mjáo)
Tagalog:
Thai: ภาษาม้ง ‎(paasăa móng)
Vietnamese:
White Hmong:
Zhuang:

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

hmong

hmong

See also: Hmong and H'Mông

French

Adjective

hmong m, f ‎(invariable)

Hmong

Noun

hmong m ‎(uncountable)

Hmong

Portuguese

Noun

hmong m (plural hmongs or hmong)

Hmong (one of a people native to the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand)
(uncountable) Hmong (language spoken by these people)