Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong (Hmong: ππ¦π²π€ππ«π°ππ§π²π€ππ¬π±β; RPA: Ntawv Nyiajkeeb Puajtxwm Hmoob) is an alphabet script devised for White Hmong and Green Hmong in the 1980s by Reverend Chervang Kong for use within his United Christians Liberty Evangelical Church.[1] The church, which moved around California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Colorado, and many other states, has used the script in printed material and videos.[2][1] It is reported to have some use in Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, France, and Australia.[1]
| Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong ππ©π°πππ±ππ€π³π¬ππ€π³β | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Script type | Alphabet
|
| Creator | Chervang Kong |
| Created | 1980s |
| Direction | Left-to-right  |
| Languages | White Hmong, Green Hmong |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Hmnp (451), βNyiakeng Puachue Hmong |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong |
| U+1E100βU+1E14F | |
The script bears strong resemblance to Thai script in structure and form and characters inspired from the Hebrew alphabet, although the characters themselves are different.[1] It contains 36 consonant characters, 9 vowel characters, and 7 combining tone characters.[1] There are also 5 characters for determinatives used to indicate that the preceding noun is the name of a person, place, thing, vertebrate or invertebrate animal, or a pet name for the animal. Determinatives are not pronounced, but help distinguish homophones. They appear as the last character in a word, and are not separated by a space.[3]
Terminology
editThe term Ntawv Nyiajkeeb Puajtxwm Hmoob means βGenesis Complete Hmong scriptβ; ntawv means βletterβ, nyiajkeeb means βgenesisβ, puajtxwm means βcompleteβ, and hmoob is βHmongβ.[1] The script is also called Hmong Kong Hmong, Pa Dao Hmong (also the name of a different Hmong script), and 'the Chervang script', after its inventor.[1]
Consonants
edit| πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | TSA | NTA | TA |
| πβ | π β | πβ | πβ |
| HA | NA | XA | NKA |
| πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ |
| CA | LA | SA | ZA |
| πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ |
| NCA | NTSA | KA | DA |
| πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ |
| NYA | NRA | VA | NTXA |
| πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ |
| TXA | FA | RA | QA |
| πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ |
| YA | NQA | PA | XYA |
| πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ |
| NPA | DLA | NPLA | HAH |
| π β | π‘β | π’β | π£β |
| MLA | PLA | GA | RRA |
Vowels
edit| π€β | π₯β | π¦β | π§β | π¨β | π©β | πͺβ | π«β | π¬β |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | AA | I | U | O | OO | E | EE | W |
Tone markers
edit| π°β | π±β | π²β | π³β | π΄β | π΅β | πΆβ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| high-level | low-glottalized | high-falling | mid-rising | mid-level | low-level | falling-breathy | low-rising |
| b | m | j | v | Γ | s | g | d |
Noun indicators
edit| π·β | πΈβ | πΉβ | πΊβ | π»β |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | thing | place | vertebrate | invertebrate |
| OOV | PES | KHABTHEEB | KHUAMLUAS | POOS |
Digits
edit| π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π ββ | π β |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Punctuation Marks
edit| πΌβ | π½β |
|---|---|
| repeat | syllable lengthener |
| XW XW | SEEV |
Logograms
edit| π β | π β |
|---|---|
| Currency | Ownership |
Unicode
editNyiakeng Puachue Hmong script was added to the Unicode Standard on March 5, 2019 with the release of version 12.0.
The Unicode block for Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong is U+1E100βU+1E14F:
| Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
| U+1E10x | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | π β | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ |
| U+1E11x | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ | πβ |
| U+1E12x | π β | π‘β | π’β | π£β | π€β | π₯β | π¦β | π§β | π¨β | π©β | πͺβ | π«β | π¬β | |||
| U+1E13x | π°β | π±β | π²β | π³β | π΄β | π΅β | πΆβ | π·β | πΈβ | πΉβ | πΊβ | π»β | πΌβ | π½β | ||
| U+1E14x | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | π β | ||||
| Notes | ||||||||||||||||
Fonts
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g Everson, Michael (2017-02-15). "L2/17-002R3: Proposal to encode the Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong" (PDF).
- ^ Ian James & Mattias Persson. "New Hmong Script". Retrieved March 8, 2019.
- ^ "Chapter 16.12: Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. Unicode, Inc. March 2019.
External links
edit- Atlas of Endangered Alphabets - Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
- Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong Keyboard
- Google Fonts Noto Serif Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
