Pahawh Hmong

E237628

Pahawh Hmong is an indigenous script devised in the 20th century specifically for writing the Hmong language, featuring a unique syllabic and tonal system distinct from Latin-based orthographies.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abugida ⓘ
indigenous script ⓘ
syllabary ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWith Hmong cultural identity ⓘ
Hmong religious movements ⓘ
createdFor Hmong people ⓘ
linked to: Hmong
createdIn Laos ⓘ
creationPeriod 20th century ⓘ
creator Shong Lue Yang ⓘ
creatorEthnicity Hmong ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Hmong autonomy in literacy ⓘ
designedFor Hmong Daw ⓘ
Hmong Njua ⓘ
linked to: Hmong
designedToReplace ad hoc Latin-based Hmong spellings ⓘ
directionOfWriting left-to-right ⓘ
distinctFrom Latin-based Hmong orthographies ⓘ
Romanized Popular Alphabet ⓘ
hasComponent consonant signs ⓘ
tone signs ⓘ
vowel signs ⓘ
hasFeature independent tone marking system ⓘ
no direct relation to Chinese characters ⓘ
no direct relation to Indic scripts ⓘ
no direct relation to Latin script ⓘ
separate symbols for onset-rime combinations ⓘ
hasVariant early stage Pahawh ⓘ
later reformed stages ⓘ
ISO15924Code Hmng ⓘ
primaryFunction representation of Hmong syllables and tones ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Southeast Asia ⓘ
scriptFamily independent ⓘ
scriptType syllabic ⓘ
tonal ⓘ
timeOfCreation late 1950s ⓘ
UnicodeBlock Pahawh Hmong ⓘ
UnicodeVersionIntroduced Unicode 7.0 ⓘ
usedBy Hmong communities in Laos ⓘ
Hmong communities in Thailand ⓘ
Hmong diaspora communities ⓘ
uses syllable signs ⓘ
tone markers ⓘ
writingSystemDirection horizontal ⓘ
writingSystemFor Hmong language ⓘ
writingSystemScope community records ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
secular texts ⓘ
writingSystemStatus minority use ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hmong → hasWritingSystem → Pahawh Hmong ⓘ
Miao languages → writingSystem → Pahawh Hmong ⓘ
Romanized Popular Alphabet → competesWith → Pahawh Hmong script ⓘ
linked to: Pahawh Hmong
Pahawh Hmong → UnicodeBlock → Pahawh Hmong ⓘ
Hmong-Mien → scriptUsed → Pahawh Hmong ⓘ
Unicode 7.0 → addsBlock → Pahawh Hmong ⓘ
Hmong literature → usesScript → Pahawh Hmong script ⓘ
linked to: Pahawh Hmong
Shong Lue Yang → created → Pahawh Hmong script ⓘ
linked to: Pahawh Hmong
Shong Lue Yang → created → Pahawh Hmong writing system ⓘ
linked to: Pahawh Hmong
Hmng → representsScript → Pahawh Hmong ⓘ
Hmng → hasScriptName → Pahawh Hmong ⓘ
Hmng → appliesToWritingSystem → Pahawh Hmong writing system ⓘ
linked to: Pahawh Hmong
Hmng → isScriptCodeFor → Pahawh Hmong script ⓘ
linked to: Pahawh Hmong