Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/ʔrəu

Etymology
Compare Kra-Dai and Proto-Tibeto-Burman *b-rak

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: qa⁰³jo³⁵
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: la⁰³ʑo³⁵
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: qo³⁵ʐɯ³⁵
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: ki⁰³ʑəɯ⁵³
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: ɣi³³
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: ʑei²⁴
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: ɣei¹³
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: pɔ¹³ɣi⁴⁴
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: hau³²vji⁴⁴
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: ŋkja⁴⁴
 * Bana 巴那: pei³⁵
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: ja²²kɔ⁵⁵
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: fa⁵³ɣe³³
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: pi³⁵ʑa³³
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: ɣei⁵³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: ʔa⁰²ʔji³¹
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²ʔje³¹
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: qə⁰²ʐɛ²⁴
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: ʐæ³²
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: ʔa⁵⁵və⁵⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: ʐe⁴³
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): lai³¹pjei⁵²
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): lau³³pei⁵³
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): gjau³⁵pjei⁵⁴⁵
 * Fanghai (Tansan): gjaːu³⁵ʔpjɛi⁵⁵
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: ðau³³plei⁵³
 * Luoxiang: gau³³
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: lau³³pli³⁵
 * Shikou: lɔu³³pli³⁵
 * Niuweizhai: ɣau³³pɣui³⁵
 * Dzao Min (Daping): dzu⁴⁴pɛi²⁴