Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/prəuˣ

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

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: ʔa⁰³tjo³¹
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: pjo³¹³
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: pʐɯ⁴⁴
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: pɯ⁵⁵
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: tsɛ³⁵
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: tsei³³
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: tɕei⁵³
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: pei¹³
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: pui³³
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: pja⁵³
 * Bana 巴那: la⁰⁴pja⁴⁴
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: ni³¹
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: pje⁵³
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: pia³⁵
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: pjei¹³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: qo⁰⁵pei⁵⁵
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²pi⁵⁵
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: plɛ¹³
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: pʐæ⁴²
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: ŋgɦa³⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: tʂe⁵⁵
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): pjau⁵²
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): pau⁵³
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): pjau⁵⁴⁵
 * Fanghai (Tansan): ʔpjau⁵⁵
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: plau⁵³
 * Luoxiang: pjau⁵³
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: pla³⁵
 * Shikou: plɔu³⁵
 * Niuweizhai: pɣau³⁵
 * Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴piu²⁴