Hmong

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Hmong-Mien language Sino-Tibetan region minority language language

Hmong is a Hmong-Mien language spoken by the Hmong people, many of whom are part of the Asian American community, with several dialects and a rich oral tradition.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Hmong people	3
Green Hmong	1
Hmong Leng	1
Hmong Njua	1
Hmong Shua	1
Hmong-Mien languages	1
White Hmong	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hmong-Mien language ⓘ Sino-Tibetan region minority language ⓘ language ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Miao people ⓘ surface form: Miao (in Chinese classification contexts)
hasCulturalRole	language of Hmong folktales ⓘ language of Hmong oral tradition ⓘ language of Hmong ritual songs ⓘ
hasDialect	Hmong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Green Hmong Hmong Daw ⓘ Hmong Daw ⓘ surface form: Hmong Der Hmong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hmong Leng Hmong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hmong Njua Hmong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hmong Shua Hmong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: White Hmong
hasEducationUse	used in community schools in the United States ⓘ
hasGlottocode	hmon1333 ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	hmn ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Hmong-Mien ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	classifier system ⓘ limited inflectional morphology ⓘ serial verb constructions ⓘ
hasMediaUse	used in Hmong-language online media ⓘ used in Hmong-language radio programs ⓘ used in Hmong-language television programs ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	analytic ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	complex tone system ⓘ rich consonant inventory ⓘ tonal ⓘ
hasStandardization	Romanized Popular Alphabet standardized in the 1950s ⓘ
hasWordOrder	SVO ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Chinese characters (historically, to a limited extent) ⓘ Hmong Lao script ⓘ Thai script ⓘ surface form: Hmong Thai script Pahawh Hmong ⓘ Romanized Popular Alphabet ⓘ
partOf	Miao languages ⓘ surface form: Hmong-Mien language family
spokenBy	Hmong self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hmong people
spokenIn	Argentina ⓘ Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ China ⓘ France ⓘ French Guiana ⓘ Germany ⓘ Laos ⓘ Thailand ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
subclassOf	Hmongic language ⓘ
usedByCommunity	Asian American community ⓘ
usedIn	Hmong diaspora communities ⓘ