Hmong-Mien

E238827

Hmong-Mien is a small language family of East and Southeast Asia, comprising the Hmong and Mien (Yao) languages spoken mainly in southern China and among diaspora communities in countries such as Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and the United States.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Hmong-Mien languages 5
Hmong-Mien canonical 2
Hmongic languages 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf language family
language grouping
alternativeName Miao–Yao
linked to: Miao people

Miao–Yao language family
linked to: Miao languages
classificationStatus small language family
continent Asia
diasporaPresence significant diaspora communities in Southeast Asia
significant diaspora communities in the United States
estimatedSpeakers several million speakers
geneticAffiliation language isolate family (no widely accepted relatives)
hasFeature complex tone systems
limited inflectional morphology
rich vowel inventories
hasSubfamily Hmongic
linked to: Hmongic languages

Mienic
includesLanguage Biao Min
Bunu
Hmong
Hmong Daw
Hmong Njua
linked to: Hmong

Iu Mien
Jiongnai
Kim Mun
Mien
Pa-Hng
Qo Xiong
languageBranchOf Austro-Tai (hypothesized)
Sino-Austronesian (hypothesized)
Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien (hypothesized)
majorEthnicGroups Hmong people
linked to: Hmong

Mien people
Yao people
primaryRegion southern China
region East Asia
Southeast Asia
researchField comparative linguistics
historical linguistics
scriptUsed Chinese characters
Latin script
Pahawh Hmong
spokenInCountry Australia
Canada
China
France
Laos
Myanmar
Thailand
United States
Vietnam
linked to: Viet Nam
typology analytic language family
tonal language family

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Hmong hasLanguageFamily Hmong-Mien
Northwestern Vietnam languageUsed Hmongic languages
subject linked to: northwestern Vietnam
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture languageUsed Hmongic languages
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Miao languages subclassOf Hmong-Mien languages
linked to: Hmong-Mien
She people languageFamily Hmong-Mien languages
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Miao people languageFamily Hmong-Mien languages
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Yao minority languageFamily Hmong-Mien languages
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Hmong Lao script associatedWithLanguageFamily Hmong-Mien languages
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Hmong Daw languageFamily Hmong-Mien
Lakkia language hasLinguisticInfluenceFrom Hmong–Mien languages
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Kra languages contactWith Hmong–Mien languages
linked to: Hmong-Mien