Hmong
West Hmongic dialect continuum
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Summary
Hmong is a natural language[1]. Hmong draws 2,512 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #103 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: People's Republic of China[3], Thailand[4], Laos[5], Vietnam[6]
- Instance of: modern language[7], dialect continuum[8]
- Subclass of: Hmong–Mien[9]
- Writing system: Pahawh Hmong[10], Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong[11], Latin script[12]
- Commons category: Hmong language[13]
- Topic's main category: Q6260271[14]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 8,400,000[15], 4,500,000[16]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C123786[17]
- Indigenous to: Guangxi[18], Guizhou[19], Sichuan[20], Yunnan[21]
- Ethnologue language status: 5 Developing[22]
Why It Matters
Hmong has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Hmong is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]