Hmong language
Hmong or
Mong ( ;
RPA: ,
Nyiakeng Puachue: ,
Pahawh: , ) is a
dialect continuum of the
West Hmongic branch of the
Hmongic languages spoken by the
Hmong people of
Sichuan,
Yunnan,
Guizhou,
Guangxi,
Hainan, northern
Vietnam,
Thailand, and
Laos. There are some 2.7 million speakers of varieties that are largely mutually intelligible, including over 280,000
Hmong Americans as of 2013. Over half of all Hmong speakers speak the various dialects in China, where the
Dananshan () dialect forms the basis of the standard language. However, Hmong Daw and Mong Leng are widely known only in Laos and the United States; Dananshan is more widely known in the native region of Hmong.
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