English Hmong Dictionary
Free offline English-Hmong dictionary. Look up translations instantly without internet. A vital resource for the Hmong community worldwide.
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Comprehensive
Thousands of words and phrases covering everyday vocabulary and more.
Bidirectional
Search from English to Hmong or Hmong to English seamlessly.
About English Hmong Dictionary
This English-Hmong dictionary provides offline translations for the Hmong community and anyone interested in learning the Hmong language. It serves diaspora communities in the US, France, Australia, and around the world.
About Hmong
Hmong languages are spoken by about 4 million people worldwide, with large diaspora communities in the United States, France, and Australia. This dictionary helps preserve and promote the Hmong language.
Who is this app for? Hmong diaspora communities in the US and worldwide, language preservationists, students.
Tones written as final letters
This is the most distinctive thing about written Hmong and it confuses every newcomer. The Romanized Popular Alphabet, developed in the 1950s and the most widely used way of writing Hmong, marks tone with a consonant letter at the end of the syllable rather than with a diacritic.
So the final b, j, v, s, g, m and d in written Hmong are not consonant sounds at all — they are tone markers. A word like pob does not end in a b sound; the b tells you which of the tones to use. Once you know this, written Hmong stops looking like it is full of unpronounceable clusters.
Two main varieties
Hmong Der, often called White Hmong, and Mong Leng, often called Green or Blue Mong, are the two principal varieties. They are largely mutually intelligible but differ in pronunciation and in a portion of vocabulary, and speakers are generally clear about which they speak.
Hmong is a Hmong-Mien language, a family unrelated to Chinese despite long historical contact and a shared region.
A language of diaspora
Hmong speakers number in the millions across southern China, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand, and there are large communities in the United States — concentrated in Minnesota, California and Wisconsin — descended largely from refugees who left Laos after 1975.
That diaspora shapes who uses a dictionary like this: heritage speakers, families where the grandparents speak Hmong and the grandchildren speak English, and community and language programmes working to keep transmission going. Corrections from speakers matter, because the digital resources available for Hmong remain thin.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why do Hmong words end in letters that are not pronounced?
Because in the Romanized Popular Alphabet those final letters mark tone rather than consonant sounds. The b, j, v, s, g, m and d at the end of a syllable tell you which tone to use — pob does not end in a b sound.
What is the difference between White Hmong and Green Mong?
Hmong Der (White Hmong) and Mong Leng (Green or Blue Mong) are the two main varieties. They are largely mutually intelligible but differ in pronunciation and some vocabulary, and speakers are usually clear about which they speak.
Is Hmong related to Chinese?
No. Hmong belongs to the Hmong-Mien family, which is separate from Chinese, despite centuries of contact in southern China and a substantial number of loanwords.
Who uses a Hmong dictionary?
Mostly heritage speakers and community members rather than foreign learners — particularly families in the United States where older generations speak Hmong and younger ones grew up in English, along with community language programmes.
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