Hmong language

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	(8.1 million cited 1995–2004)[1]
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
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Hmong or Mong (/ˈmʌŋ/ MUNG; 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.^[2] There are some 2.7 million speakers of varieties that are largely mutually intelligible, including over 280,000 Hmong Americans as of 2013.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.