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  2. Hmong people - Wikipedia

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    The Hmong people (RPA: Hmoob, CHV: Hmôngz, Nyiakeng Puachue: 𞄀𞄩𞄰, Pahawh Hmong: 𖬌𖬣𖬵, IPA:, Chinese: 苗族蒙人) are an indigenous group in East Asia and Southeast Asia. In China, the Hmong people are classified as a sub-group of the Miao people .

  3. Hmong customs and culture - Wikipedia

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    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. [1] The Hmong are known in China as the Miao, which encompasses not only Hmong, but also other related groups such as Hmu, Qo Xiong and A-Hmao. [2] There is debate about usage of this term ...

  4. Hmongic languages - Wikipedia

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    Hmong is the biggest subgroup within the Hmongic peoples. Many overseas Hmong prefer the name Hmong, and claim that Meo (a Southeast Asian language change from Miao) is both inaccurate and pejorative, though it is generally considered neutral by the Miao community in China.

  5. Miao people - Wikipedia

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    A Hmong woman and Han Chinese man married and founded northern Thailand's Lau2, or Lauj, clan, [44], with another Han Chinese man of the family name Deng founding another Hmong clan. Some scholars believe this lends further credence to the idea that some or all of the present day Hmong clans were formed in this way.

  6. Hmong language - Wikipedia

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    Many Hmong and non-Hmong people who are learning the Hmong language tend to use the word xim (a borrowing from Thai/Lao) as the word for 'color', while the native Hmong word for 'color' is kob. For example, xim appears in the sentence Liab yog xim ntawm kev phom sij with the meaning "Red is the color of danger / The red color is of danger".

  7. Is the umbrella term ‘Asian American’ even accurate anymore?

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    The Minnesota Department of Health, like most other governmental bodies in the country, reported deaths of Hmong people, an ethnic minority group of Southeast Asia, as broadly “Asian American.”

  8. Overseas Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Overseas Chinese people are people of Chinese ... connections with China, such as the Hmong, ... are considered to be among the largest in China's history. ...

  9. How did Hmong people find their way to Wisconsin? The ... - AOL

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    The U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey estimates Wisconsin's Hmong population at more than 58,000. How did Hmong people find their way to Wisconsin? The answer has roots in ...