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White Hmong Language Lessons.

Book information

Publisher
University of Minnesota
Year
1982
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3994231 bytes)
Series
Southeast Asian Refugee Studies. Occasional Papers. Number Two
Pages
\133
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Library
twirpx
Time added
2017-08-07 07:01:42

Description

Publisher: Southeast Asian Refugee Studies Publication date: 1982 Number of pages: 133Hmong (RPA: Hmoob) or Mong (RPA: Moob) is the common name for a group of dialects of the West Hmongic (Chuanqiandian) branch of the Hmong-Mien/Miao-Yao language family spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos.[2] The total number of speakers worldwide has been estimated to be more than 4 million, including over 200,000 Hmong Americans.[1] Some dialects are mutually intelligible while others are so distinct as to be considered separate languages.

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