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 (10)

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 (54)

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
Yao → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Wayao → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien language family ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Wayao → partOf → Hmong-Mien ethnolinguistic family ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Yao people → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
James A. Matisoff → researchInterest → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Hmu → family → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
A-Hmao → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Small Flowery Miao → subclassOf → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Mo Piu → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Southeast Asia linguistic area → includesLanguageFamily → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Hmu language → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Xong language → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
A-Hmao language → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Large Flowery Miao → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Central Hmongic → partOf → Hmong-Mien language family ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Central Hmongic → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Eastern Hmongic → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Eastern Hmongic → isSubjectOf → Hmong-Mien comparative studies ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Sino-Tibetan–Hmong-Mien areal group → includesLanguageFamily → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Chuanqiandian Miao → subclassOf → Hmong–Mien language ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Chuanqiandian Miao → languageFamily → Hmong–Mien ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Hmongic languages → subclassOf → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Hmongic languages → partOf → Hmong-Mien language family ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Hmongic languages → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Qo Xiong → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Dao people → languageFamily → Hmong–Mien languages ⓘ
subject linked to: Dao
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Mien → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien language family ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Red Yao → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Iu Mien language → family → Hmong–Mien language family ⓘ
subject linked to: Iu Mien
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Iu Mien → languageFamily → Hmong–Mien language family ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Khmuic languages → arealInfluenceFrom → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Indo-Burma linguistic area → hasLanguageFamily → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Bunu → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Pa-Hng → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Biao Min → languageFamily → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Jiongnai → subclassOf → Hmong-Mien languages ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien
Jiongnai → family → Hmong-Mien ⓘ
Jiongnai → belongsTo → Hmong-Mien language family ⓘ
linked to: Hmong-Mien