Hmong is spoken by approximately 2.7 million people across Southeast Asia, the U.S., and other countries. Its tonal system, with seven tones, plays a crucial role in distinguishing meanings. The language is analytic with no inflections and uses the Romanized Popular Alphabet for writing. Despite being displaced from its traditional regions, the Hmong language and culture are actively maintained by its diaspora. (The Hmong Daw variety was used as a grammatical reference).
Statistici
Language Family: Hmong-Mien
Writing System: Latin, Pahawh Hmong
Writing System Type: Alphabet (Latin), Semi-Syllabary (Pahawh Hmong)
Writing Direction: L to R
Tones / Pitch Accent: 7
Morphology: Analytic
Cases: None
Grammatical Gender / Noun Class: None
Number of Verb Tenses: None (Aspect-based)
Word Order: SVO
Number of Vowels (Monophthongs): 9
Number of Consonants: 53
Zone unde e vorbită
China (0.19%) (2.7 mil)
Laos (6.03%) (460 k)
Myanmar (.005%) (2.5 k)
Thailand (0.17%) (125 k)
Vietnam (9.1%) (900 k)
United States of America (0.06%) (~200 k)
Resurse
Dictionary
Textbooks
Website
https://studyhmong.com/: Reading, vocab, books, audio, courses, grammar
http://hmonglessons.com/: Culture, resources
https://www.learnabouthmong.net/: Culture
https://studyhmong.com/guided-learning/: Grammar, reading, vocab
https://gotoltc.libguides.com/hmong-heritage-month/online-resources: Culture
https://www.hmonglanguagemovement.com/free-stuff: Phrasebook and worksheets
https://www.brainscape.com/subjects/hmong: Flashcards
https://bilinguistics.com/languages/hmong-speech-and-language-development/: Linguistics
YouTube
Channels
Txaj Xeem Vaaj: Txuj Ci Dlaab Qhuas Moob: Culture, lessons
dab neeg Hmoob Channel: Stories in Hmong
learnhmonglessons: Lessons
Study Hmong - Tswv863 - Sarah, Nkauj Dawb: Vocab and pronunciation