Talk:Hmong language

message: Thanks WilliamThweatt for helping update the page.  Since 2008, "blu" has been deprecated by Ethnologue, which split that old code into 4 languages (1 of which, Small Flowery Miao, doesn't even show up in this sidebar of related languages... something to review?)  The 4 are:
* Hmong Njua [hnj] (the new identifier for Hmong Njua)
* Chuanqiandian Cluster Miao [cqd]
* Horned Miao [hrm]
* Small Flowery Miao [sfm]
I'd be interested to see an explanation with cites for why this subset of all Hmong language codes is listed in this sidebar.   – SJ + 14:38, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  blu 

message: I found some documents that discuss medical terms in Hmong:
*"Glossary of Medical Terminology English-Hmong." (Archive) California Department of Health Services (CDHS) Refugee Health Section. 2004.
*"Hmong-English Mental Health Terminology Glossary." (Archive) Wisconsin Hmong Mental Health Professional Group. Made with support of the: Wisconsin Refugee Mental Health Program, Office of Immigrant Integration Services, Department of Workforce Development. First Edition, 2003.
WhisperToMe (talk) 06:08, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Medical terms 

message: Here is a glossary of education terms
*Vang, Lue (translator). "ENGLISH-HMONG BILINGUAL GLOSSARY OF SCHOOL TERMINOLOGY - COV LUS MIS KUJ TXHAIS UA LUS HMOOB." (Archive) Southeast Asia Community Resource Center, Folsom Cordova Unified School District. 1988.
WhisperToMe (talk) 06:09, 13 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education terms 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I merged continuants with approximants for two reasons.  The primary reason is in the Global Lexicostatistical Database, where they note that "moon" (hli) is pronounced as [ɬi˧] in Green Hmong/Moob Njua, but as [l̥i˧] in White Hmong/Hmoob Dawb.  This suggests that the differentiation between fricative and approximant is marginal, at least in those two varieties is marginal.  Less pressing is that /l/ contrasts primarily with /ɬ/.  This set-up essentially puts the two next to each other, showing the voiceless/voiced contrast, rather than focusing on the fricative/approximant contrast.
The Dananshan case is a little bit less clear, especially since I'm not sure if that appears in the Global Lexicostatistical Database.  For the time being, I merged the two, especially since /w/ is foreign-only, which would be the only reason to have the second row, while the other two dialects lack it. Blanket P.I. (talk) 16:59, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging Continuants with Approximants 

message: in the orthography section there are numerous examples that only show blank boxes where some characters should be. 202.58.131.46 (talk) 02:08, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters appearing as boxes 

message: So what is the number of speakers? There are contradictory pieces of information in the article - (8m vs 2.7m) - which is quite a lot! (Jan)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.79.110.116 (talk) 21:48, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number of speakers