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The charts below show the way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) represents Hmong language pronunciations in Wikipedia articles. The dialect used in this chart is both White Hmong and Green Hmong. For a guide to adding IPA characters to Wikipedia articles, see {{IPA-hmn}} and Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Pronunciation § Entering IPA characters.

Consonants
IPA RPA Pahawh English approximation
Green White
ʔ au 𖬮𖬰 uh-oh!
c c 𖬯 Somewhat like joke
ch 𖬧 Somewhat like choke
d d 𖬞𖬰 ado
dh 𖬞𖬵 *
tl dl 𖬭 Somewhat like at last
tɬ̬ dlh 𖬭𖬴 No English equivalent
f f 𖬜𖬵 five
ŋ g 𖬠𖬵 sing
h h 𖬟 happy
ɬ hl 𖬥 *
ʰm̥ hm 𖬣𖬵 *
m̥l̥ hml 𖬠𖬰 *
hn 𖬩 *
ɲ̥ hny 𖬣𖬰 *
k k * skin
kh 𖬩𖬰 cake
l l 𖬞 life
m m 𖬦 map
ml̪ ml 𖬠 Similar to hmlet
n n 𖬬 As in near
ɲɟ nc 𖬤𖬰 *
ɲɟʱ nch 𖬨 *
ndl ndl 𖬭𖬰 Similar to candle
ndɮ ndlh 𖬭𖬵 * Similar to mantle
ŋɡ nk 𖬢 * similar to finger
ŋkʰ nkh 𖬫𖬵 * similar to incomplete
mb np 𖬨𖬵 * similar to combine
mbʱ nph 𖬡𖬰 * similar to computer
mbɮ nplh 𖬡𖬵 *
mbl̪ npl 𖬫𖬰 * similar to emblem
ɴɢ nq 𖬬𖬰 *
ɴɢʱ nqh 𖬬𖬵 *
ɳɖ nr 𖬜𖬰 * similar to can drink
ɳʈʰ nrh 𖬨𖬰 * similar to control
nd nt 𖬩𖬵 * similar to endanger
ndʱ nth 𖬫 * similar to contend
ɳɖʐ nts 𖬝 * similar to and Zaza
ndz ntx 𖬢𖬰 * similar to and Xerox
ndzʱ ntxh 𖬥𖬵 * similar to ants here
ɲ ny 𖬮𖬵 * similar to canyon, onion
p p 𖬪𖬵 spin
ph 𖬝𖬵 peace
pl pl 𖬟𖬵 *
plh 𖬪 * similar to play
q q 𖬦𖬵 * similar to sky
qh 𖬣 * similar to car
ʈ r 𖬡 *
ʈʰ rh 𖬢𖬵 * similar to trough
ʂ s 𖬤𖬵 shoe
t t 𖬧𖬵 * similar to stay
th 𖬟𖬰 time
ʈʂ ts 𖬝𖬰 * similar to June
ʈʂʰ tsh 𖬪𖬰 chair, church
ts tx 𖬯𖬵 * similar to beds
tsʰ txh 𖬦𖬰 * similar to tsongas
v v 𖬜 very, visa
s x 𖬮 see
ç xy 𖬧𖬰 Roughly similar to mash your
ʝ y 𖬤 Similar to yes
ʐ z 𖬥𖬰 Similar to pleasure, vision
Vowels
IPA RPA Pahawh English approximation
monophthongs
i i 𖬂, 𖬃 see
ɨ w 𖬘, 𖬙 * similar to houses
u u 𖬆, 𖬇 As in soon
e e 𖬈, 𖬉 * similar to play
Nasalized
ee 𖬀, 𖬁 * Roughly similar to sang
a a 𖬖, 𖬗 As in father
ã aa 𖬚, 𖬛 * Only in Green Hmong
o o 𖬒, 𖬓 * similar to lawn
ɒ̃ oo 𖬌, 𖬍 * Roughly similar to song
diphthongs
ai ai 𖬊, 𖬋 As in hi and bye
ia 𖬔, 𖬕 * Roughly similar to see a
aw 𖬎, 𖬏 *
au au 𖬄, 𖬅 As in outhouse
ua 𖬐, 𖬑 * Roughly similar to sue a
Hmong Tone Indications
IPA Tone Orthographic Spelling (Example)
pɔ́ High pob (ball)
pɔ̰ Creaky pom (to see)
pɔ̂ High falling poj (female)
pɔ̌ Mid rising pov (to throw)
Error: {{IPA}}: unrecognized language tag: pɔ Mid po (spleen)
pɔ̀ Low pos (thorn)
pɔ̤ Low falling breathy pog (grandmother)

Notes and references

^* No equivalent to English ^* ⟨k⟩ is only represented in RPA and not in Pahawh Hmong. For example, to write keeb in RPA, you have to follow the order Consonant + Vowel + Tone (CVT), so it is K + ee + b = Keeb, but in Pahawh Hmong, it is just Keeb "𖬀𖬶" (2nd-Stage Version).

  • 𖬭, 𖬭𖬰, 𖬭𖬵, 𖬭𖬴 are only used witihn Green Hmong dialect.

References