Indigenous semi-syllabic script, invented to write two Hmong languages
Pahawh Hmong 𖬖𖬰𖬝𖬵 𖬄𖬶𖬟 𖬌𖬣𖬵
"Phaj Hauj Hmoob" in Pahawh
Script type
Semisyllabary
(onset–rime; vowel-centered equivalent of an abugida)
Creator
Shong Lue Yang
Time period
1959–present
Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Hmong Daw, Hmong Njua
Related scripts
Parent systems
Egyptian hieroglyphs
Proto sinaitic
Phoenician
Lao script (with some letters from pollard and Fraser)
Pahawh Hmong 𖬖𖬰𖬝𖬵 𖬄𖬶𖬟 𖬌𖬣𖬵
ISO 15924
ISO 15924
Hmng(450), Pahawh Hmong
Unicode
Unicode alias
Pahawh Hmong
Unicode range
U+16B00–U+16B8F
Final Accepted Script Proposal
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Pahawh Hmong (RPA: Phaj hauj Hmoob [pʰâhâum̥ɔ̃́], Pahawh: 𖬖𖬰𖬝𖬵 𖬄𖬶𖬟 𖬌𖬣𖬵[pʰâhâum̥ɔ̃́]; known also as Ntawv Pahawh, Ntawv Keeb, Ntawv Caub Fab, Ntawv Soob Lwj) is an indigenous semi-syllabic script, invented in 1959 by Shong Lue Yang, to write two Hmong languages, Hmong Daw (Hmoob Dawb White Miao) and Hmong Njua AKA Hmong Leng (Moob Leeg Green Miao).
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PahawhHmong, an indigenous semi-syllabic script Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, a modern alphabetic script Hmong Americans, Americans of Hmong descent Hmong...
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Christian community and by elders. The current extent of its use is unknown. PahawhHmong is one of the most successful indigenous scripts to have ever been created...
alongside other writing systems, most notably Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong and PahawhHmong. In Xiangkhoang Province, Protestant missionary G. Linwood Barney...
language – Manchu alphabet The Hmong people – Hmongic languages – Hmong writing(Pollard script, PahawhHmong, Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong, etc.) The Kazakhs – Kazakh...
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other PahawhHmong 𖬺 PAHAWHHMONG SIGN VOS THIAB U+16B3A Po, other PahawhHmong 𖬻 PAHAWHHMONG SIGN VOS FEEM U+16B3B Po, other PahawhHmong 𖭄 PAHAWH HMONG...
having an inherent vowel /a/ and having distinct initial vowel letters. PahawhHmong is a non-segmental script that indicates syllable onsets and rimes, such...
is y or w. Boyd's Syllabic Shorthand Japanese Braille – Japanese PahawhHmong – Hmong The following list contains writing systems that are in active use...
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transcribe allows syllables to start with a vowel. In a few cases, such as PahawhHmong below, the lack of a consonant letter represents a specific consonant...
Gangga Melayu Romanized Popular Alphabet (Hmong RPA) Pollard script PahawhHmong Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong Eebee Hmong Many Southwestern Tai languages are written...
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languages in Laos) Old Mon script Mon script PahawhHmong was once used to write Khmu, under the name "Pahawh Khmu" Tai Le (Palaung, Blang) Tai Tham (Blang)...
Yang's PahawhHmong script, which originated in Laos for the purpose of writing Hmong Daw, Hmong Njua, and other dialects of the standard Hmong language...
The Hmong people are an ethnic group currently native to several countries, believed to have come from the Yangtze river basin area in southern China...
Mende Kikakui, Modi, Mro, Nabataean, Old North Arabian, Old Permic, PahawhHmong, Palmyrene, Pau Cin Hau, Psalter Pahlavi, Siddham, Tirhuta, Warang Citi...
or the PahawhHmong semi-syllabary; Hmong expatriates who live in the United States prefer to romanize names differently, such as Latin Hmong instead...
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