Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/hmjinˣ

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬 (Sidwell, 2024)

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: ȵ̥i³¹
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: m̥iŋ³¹³
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: qo³⁵ɕɛ⁴⁴ (different cognate set)
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: ki⁰³sai⁵⁵ (different cognate set)
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: m̥i³⁵
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: mi³³
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: kwe⁴⁴
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: me¹³
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: fen³³
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: m̥ai⁵³
 * Bana 巴那: muŋ⁴⁴
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: mun⁵⁵
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ʔa⁰²m̥i⁵³
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: mi³⁵
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: m̥e¹³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: tə⁰²mi⁵⁵
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: tə⁰²m̥en⁵⁵
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: m̥ɛ¹³
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: mi²³²
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: ȵ̥e⁵⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: n̥a⁵⁵
 * Mienic
 * Biao Min
 * Shikou: mjen³⁵
 * Niuweizhai: mjən³⁵
 * Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴ŋjɛ⁵³