VOWELS / SUAB
Vowels are pronounced using the musical note/pitch " Re", i.e., Do, Re, Mi etc...
Click on a vowel to hear the pronunciation.
| a |
aa |
ai |
au |
| aw |
e |
ee |
i |
| ia |
o |
oo |
u |
| ua |
w |
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aa Mong Leng Used Only
| Sample consonant N + the above vowels with the blank tone (Zoo) -- Re pitch. |
| na |
naa |
nai |
nau |
| naw |
ne |
nee |
ni |
| nia |
no |
noo |
nu |
| nua |
nw |
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Below, I have combined all the vowels with the eight tones -- vitches.
| koJ |
muS |
kuV |
niaM |
neeG |
siaB |
zoo |
toD |
| Example of the N + the 8 vitches (vowel + pitch) |
| naj |
nas |
nav |
nam |
nag |
nab |
na |
nad |
| naij |
nais |
naiv |
naim |
naig |
naib |
nai |
naid |
| nauj |
naus |
nauv |
naum |
naug |
naub |
nau |
naud |
| nawj |
naws |
nawv |
nawm |
nawg |
nawb |
naw |
nawd |
| nej |
nes |
nev |
nem |
neg |
neb |
ne |
ned |
| neej |
nees |
neev |
neem |
neeg |
neeb |
nee |
need |
| nij |
nis |
niv |
nim |
nig |
nib |
ni |
nid |
| niaj |
nias |
niav |
niam |
niag |
niab |
nia |
niad |
| noj |
nos |
nov |
nom |
nog |
nob |
no |
nod |
| nooj |
noos |
noov |
noom |
noog |
noob |
noo |
nood |
| nuj |
nus |
nuv |
num |
nug |
nub |
nu |
nud |
| nuaj |
nuas |
nuav |
nuam |
nuag |
nuab |
nua |
nuad |
| nwj |
nws |
nwv |
nwm |
nwg |
nwb |
nw |
nwd |
| aj |
as |
av |
am |
ag |
ab |
a |
ad |
| aaj |
aas |
aav |
aam |
aag |
aab |
aa |
aad |
| aij |
ais |
aiv |
aim |
aig |
aib |
ai |
aid |
| auj |
aus |
auv |
aum |
aug |
aub |
au |
aud |
| awj |
aws |
awv |
awm |
awg |
awb |
aw |
awd |
| ej |
es |
ev |
em |
eg |
eb |
e |
ed |
| eej |
ees |
eev |
eem |
eeg |
eeb |
ee |
eed |
| ij |
is |
iv |
im |
ig |
ib |
i |
id |
| iaj |
ias |
iav |
iam |
iag |
iab |
ia |
iad |
| oj |
os |
ov |
om |
og |
ob |
o |
od |
| ooj |
oos |
oov |
oom |
oog |
oob |
oo |
ood |
| uj |
us |
uv |
um |
ug |
ub |
u |
ud |
| uaj |
uas |
uav |
uam |
uag |
uab |
ua |
uad |
| wj |
ws |
wv |
wm |
wg |
wb |
w |
wd |
The Hmong language has three parts. The first part is the consonants.The second part is
the vowels and the last part is the pitch or tone markers, in linguistics world it is called tonemes.
Therefore, the preferred learning method is to first learn the consonants, the vowels,and then the tonemes
or the tones.
There are eight tones, fourteen vowels, and fifty-seven
consonants. Therefore, once you have learned and remembered the three parts mentioned above, you can easily
pronounce the word even you have not seen it before. The Hmong language is unlike English that spell the same but read
differently, like the present tense of "read" and past tense of "read - RED." I have provided sounds
for all of these parts to help you learn, however, you must know how to put them together, similar to
the English "D + ad = dad, p + ick = pick, f + ear = fear, Th + ai = Thai, F + ish = fish."
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