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Miao

( a language )

Names: Miao, Pahawh Hmong.

Pahawh Hmong is an unusual script for several reasons. Typologically it is something of an oddity, being abugida-like, but with vowels as the primary symbols, rather than the consonants. Historically, it has been associated with a messianic movement among the Hmong people.


Lars Marius Garshol, Ontopian.