hmong
Hmong
Hmong
Essays
- Info on Hmong phonology, orthography, grammar and verbs.
- Article on Hmong grammar, dialects, phonology, history, role in society and relationship to other languages.
- Info on the language, its dialects, sounds, tones, grammar & difficulties encountered by Hmong learning English.
Hmong by Bryce Schroeder
- Info on Hmong, Hmong dialects, its relationship to other languages and a list of resources.
The Hmong Language by Xee Vang
- Short article on Hmong grammar, dialects & phonology.
- Lots of videos about Hmong culture, history, language, communities in USA, useful websites and more.
Hmong Language FAQ by D. Mortenson, 2007
- Short article on Hmong dialects, relationship to other languages and writing systems.
Omniglot Pahawh Hmong alphabet & Pollard Miao alphabet
- Info on alphabets used to write Hmong, with a chart of all the letters and links.
Hmonglish part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Interesting documentary about the state of the language among the Hmong community in America.
Courses
White Hmong Language Lessons by D. Whitelock, 1981
- A textbook with grammar explanations, example sentences, drills & reviews. A lot of content but unfortunately no audio.
Websites
- 30 lessons with simple dialogues, glossaries and a translation quiz.
- A nice reading primer that would be useful for learners too, with pictures, word lists and flashcards.
- Nice site with Hmong phrases, grammar patterns, vocabulary lessons, pronunciation guides and more.
Hmoob Language 1, 2, 3, 4, Phaj Huaj videos
- Video introductions to the Hmong language, tones, pronunciation, resources, Pahauh script.
- Hmong reading lessons with audio, several quizzes, phrases and a Hmong word-of-the-day e-mail list.
- A great collection of links on Hmong books, films, radio, history, culture, language and more.
- Hmong phrases & vocabulary with audio, pronunciation drills and stories to practise reading.
- Words, phrases and dialogues with audio and pictures. Also has a discussion forum and chat room.
E-books
REN, Inc. Bookshelf, Online Research Library
- Lots of books about Hmong history, language, people, culture, travel books and dictionaries. A great resource.
English-Hmong Phrasebook by C. Thao, 1981
- A large phrasebook on different topics such as health, jobs, time, money etc. Unfortunately the quality of the scan is fairly poor.
Hmong Grammar by P. F. Kan, J. Xiong & K. Kohnert
- A basic guide to Hmong pronunciation, tones, classifiers, word order and more.
A Dictionary of Mong Njua by T. A. Lyman, 1974
- A large Hmong-English dictionary, with useful vocabulary lists such as colours, body terms, kinship terms etc.
White Hmong-English Dictionary by E. E. Heimbach, 1979
- Another Hmong-English dictionary with vocab lists, classifiers, proverbs, kinship charts, particle lists, useful phrases and more.
English-Hmong Dictionary of Special Education by D. Xiong & others, 1999
- A glossary of vocabulary for special education, where exact translations are not possible an explanation in Hmong is given.
Hmong wordlist/glossary by S. Yang
- Only available in MS Excel format.
Forums
- Varied forum with posts on Hmong culture, news, language, history, food, media etc.
- Forum specifically about the Hmong language, unfortunately there are no posts.
Authentic Materials
- Lots of links for Hmong radio, music and videos.
- Online radio in Hmong available to listen in RealAudio.
Technical
- Information on the Pahauh Hmong script and fonts to download.
- Searchable online English & Hmong dictionary, info on the RPA script, the Hmong language, tones & specific vocab.
- Downloadable and online searchable two-way Hmong dictionary.
- 2 Pahauh Hmong fonts to download, as well as a picture showing the keyboard layout.
- Free English to Hmong translation app for the Android. Translations are available either by speaking an English phrase or typing it. Audio is also available for the Hmong translations.
Commercial
- Useful book & CD for beginners wanting to read & write Hmong, explains the pronunciation & how to write using the RPA script.