Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/mpu̯ə

Etymology
From Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-bru(ŋ/k) (Matisoff, 2015)

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: mo³⁵
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: ʑe⁵⁵mpo³⁵
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: tɑ³⁵so³⁵
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: səɯ⁵³
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: ho³³
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: hou²⁴
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: pu⁴⁴fu¹³
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: heɯ⁴⁴
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: ku⁵⁵kwaŋ⁴⁴
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: hu⁴⁴jak⁵⁵
 * Bana 巴那: fu¹³
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: pje⁵⁵fu²²kʰɔ³⁵
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ʔa⁰²pʰɔ³³
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: pʰo³³
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: pʰo³³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: tə⁰²su³¹
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²su³¹
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: sʰə²⁴
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: so²²
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: so⁵⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: so⁴³
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): bwo²³¹
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): bu³¹kəu⁵³
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): bu³³kɔŋ³⁵
 * Fanghai (Tansan): bu³³kɔːŋ³⁵
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: bu³³
 * Luoxiang: bu³³
 * Biao Min
 * Shikou: dœn⁵⁵bu⁴⁴
 * Niuweizhai: pɯ⁵³kɔŋ³³
 * Dzao Min (Daping): bjau⁴⁴kɔŋ⁴⁴