Langenesis

Hmong-Mien family

Proto-Hmong-Mien

c. 500 BCE – 500 CE Reconstructed

Proto-Hmong-Mien (c. 500 BCE – 500 CE) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Hmong-Mien language family, with 2 descendant languages and stages on the map.

See Proto-Hmong-Mien on the interactive map

Reconstructed ancestor of the Hmong-Mien (Miao-Yao) family of southern China; Ratliff dates it to ~2500 years ago.

Descendants 2

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