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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  
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  

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."
koJ     muS     kuV     niaM     neeG     siaB     zoo     toD
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