Hmong Daw

Facts

  • Language: Hmong Daw
  • Alternate names: Bai Miao, Banded Arm Hmong, Hmong Dleu, Hmong Qua Mpa, Meo Do, Meo Kao, Mong Do, Mong Trang, Pe Miao, Peh Miao, Striped Arm Hmong, Striped Hmong, White Hmong, White Lum, White Meo, White Miao
  • Language code: mww
  • Language family: Hmong-Mien, Hmongic, Nuclear Hmongic-Ho Ne, Nuclear Hmongic, West Hmongic, Greater Chuanqiandian, Chuanqiandian, First Vernacular Hmong
  • Number of speakers: 233000
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    Introduction

    Hmong Daw is a language of China. It is spoken in South and southwest Guizhou, northwest Guangxi, southeast and southwest Yunnan provinces. Also in France, Laos, Thailand, United States, Viet Nam.

    Dialects

    Largely intelligible with Hmong Njua (See: Hmong Njua?), but sociolinguistic factors require separate literature for Hmong Daw.

    The Hmong Daw Verb

    Verblist

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