Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/mblet

Alternative reconstructions
Ostapirat (2016) reconstructs *m.lˠ- as the initial.

Etymology
From Old Chinese 舌

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: nei⁴²
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: ntʰei³¹
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: qo³⁵mjɑ²²
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: ki⁰³mja³⁵
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: qa³³ni³¹
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: qa³³nja¹³
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: ȵa²⁴
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: qa³³mje⁵³
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: kə⁰³mi²¹
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: mpli¹²
 * Bana 巴那: la⁰⁴dli⁵³
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: pi³⁵
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ʔa⁰²mpla²¹
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: ko³⁵tɕa²²
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: ŋkjei⁴²
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: ʔa⁰²mble³³
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²mblæ³¹
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: qə⁰²mple⁵⁵
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: mple²¹
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: ʔa⁵⁵ndlɦai¹¹
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: mplai²⁴
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): bjet¹²
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): bje²¹
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): bjɛt²¹
 * Fanghai (Tansan): bjɛːt³²
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: blet²¹
 * Luoxiang: bjet³²
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: blin⁴²
 * Shikou: pjɛ²²
 * Niuweizhai: pʰɣe⁵³
 * Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴bɛt²²