Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/ʔnaŋ

Etymology
Compare, within Kra-Dai, 🇨🇬 (Pittayaporn, 2009).

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: neŋ³⁵
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: heu³⁵neŋ³⁵
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: tɑ³⁵nen³⁵
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: nai⁵³
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: naŋ³³
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: nan²⁴
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: nan¹³
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: nẽ⁴⁴
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: ni⁴⁴
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: nen⁴⁴
 * Bana 巴那: gaŋ¹³
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: tɔ²²ʔɔn³¹
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: nəŋ³³
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: ʔtəŋ³³
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: nan³³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: qo⁰⁵ʔnen³¹
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²ʔnen³¹
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: nã²⁴
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: na³²
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: pi⁵⁵naɯ⁵⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: naŋ⁴³
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): naːŋ³³
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): naŋ³³
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): naŋ³⁵
 * Fanghai (Tansan): naːŋ³⁵
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: naŋ³³
 * Luoxiang: naːŋ³³
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: naŋ³³
 * Shikou: nu³³
 * Niuweizhai: naŋ³³
 * Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴nɔŋ⁴⁴
 * Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴nɔŋ⁴⁴