Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/pji

Alternative reconstructions
Ostapirat (2016) reconstructs *pˠ- as the Proto-Hmong-Mien initial, and also Proto-Mienic *pˠi.

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: ti⁵⁵
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: tsʰu³⁵dzuŋ³³
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: qo³⁵ljɯ⁴⁴ljɯ⁴⁴
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: tsʰəɯ³³dzuŋ¹³
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: kaŋ³³qen³³
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: kan²⁴haŋ⁴⁴
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: kan¹³tseŋ⁴⁴
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: kæ̃⁴⁴ɕuŋ⁵⁵
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: kə⁰³pe⁴⁴
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: pi⁴⁴
 * Bana 巴那: pi¹³
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: kwan⁵⁵pi⁵⁵
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ʔa⁰²ŋkjəŋ³³
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: ka³³zet³³
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: kjan³³tsi³³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: tɕin³¹tɕi²⁴qen²⁴
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: tɕin³¹qʰwɑŋ⁵⁵
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: kõ²⁴lẽ²⁴
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: kua³²ʈɪ²¹
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: pi⁵⁵kaɯ⁵⁵tʂu³³ta⁵⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: mo⁴³la⁴³
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): pje³³
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): pje³³
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): pi³⁵
 * Fanghai (Tansan): ʔpi³⁵
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: pi³³
 * Luoxiang: pi³³
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: pi³³
 * Shikou: beŋ³³ljɔŋ⁵⁵
 * Niuweizhai: pi⁴⁴
 * Dzao Min (Daping): tsaŋ⁴⁴bɛi⁴⁴