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Language code: hmn

Technical information about ISO 639 language code hmn

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The table below provides technical details for the Hmong, Mong language, designated by the hmn code from the ISO 639-2 standard.

Code

hmn

Name

Hmong, Mong

Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
Hmong Daw (White Hmong)Mong Njua (Green/Blue Hmong)
Related languages
Hmu (Qiandong Miao)A-Hmao (Large Flowery Miao)Xong (Western Miao)Pa-Hng
Key facts
Romanized Popular Alphabet writes tones with final consonant letters rather than diacriticsWhite Hmong has seven phonemic tones, while Green Hmong has eightthe indigenous Pahawh Hmong script was created in 1959 by Shong Lue Yang after claimed divine revelationHmong vocabulary contains extensive Chinese loanwords due to centuries of contactsubstantial Hmong diaspora communities preserve the language in the United States, France, and Australia.
Sample phrase

Nyob zoo, koj puas nyob zoo?

Character encodings

UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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The Hmong, Mong language, identified by the code hmn, falls under the 'Macrolanguage' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.

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