Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong

Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
𞄀𞄩𞄰𞄁𞄓𞄱𞄂𞄤𞄳𞄬𞄃𞄤𞄳‎
Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong; 𞄀𞄩𞄰𞄁𞄓𞄱𞄂𞄤𞄳𞄬𞄃𞄤𞄳‎;
Script type	Alphabet
Creator	Chervang Kong
Created	1980s
Direction	Left-to-right
Languages	White Hmong, Green Hmong
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Hmnp (451), Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
Unicode
Unicode alias	Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong
Unicode range	U+1E100–U+1E14F

Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong (Hmong: 𞄐𞄦𞄲𞄤𞄎𞄫𞄰𞄚𞄧𞄲𞄤𞄔𞄬𞄱‎; 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]

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

The term Ntawv Nyiajkeeb Puajtxwm Hmoob means ‘Genesis Complete Hmong script’; ntawv means ‘letter’, nyiajkeeb means ‘genesis’, puajtxwm means ‘complete’, and hmoob is ‘Hmong’.[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

𞄀‎	𞄁‎	𞄂‎	𞄃‎
MA	TSA	NTA	TA
𞄄‎	𞄅‎	𞄆‎	𞄇‎
HA	NA	XA	NKA
𞄈‎	𞄉‎	𞄊‎	𞄋‎
CA	LA	SA	ZA
𞄌‎	𞄍‎	𞄎‎	𞄏‎
NCA	NTSA	KA	DA
𞄐‎	𞄑‎	𞄒‎	𞄓‎
NYA	NRA	VA	NTXA
𞄔‎	𞄕‎	𞄖‎	𞄗‎
TXA	FA	RA	QA
𞄘‎	𞄙‎	𞄚‎	𞄛‎
YA	NQA	PA	XYA
𞄜‎	𞄝‎	𞄞‎	𞄟‎
NPA	DLA	NPLA	HAH
𞄠‎	𞄡‎	𞄢‎	𞄣‎
MLA	PLA	GA	RRA

Vowels

𞄤‎	𞄥‎	𞄦‎	𞄧‎	𞄨‎	𞄩‎	𞄪‎	𞄫‎	𞄬‎
A	AA	I	U	O	OO	E	EE	W

Tone markers

𞄰‎	𞄱‎	𞄲‎	𞄳‎		𞄴‎	𞄵‎	𞄶‎
high-level	low-glottalized	high-falling	mid-rising	mid-level	low-level	falling-breathy	low-rising
b	m	j	v	Ø	s	g	d

Noun indicators

𞄷‎	𞄸‎	𞄹‎	𞄺‎	𞄻‎
person	thing	place	vertebrate	invertebrate
OOV	PES	KHABTHEEB	KHUAMLUAS	POOS

Digits

𞅀‎	𞅁‎	𞅂‎	𞅃‎	𞅄‎	𞅅‎	𞅆‎	𞅇‎	𞅈‎‎	𞅉‎
0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9

Punctuation Marks

𞄼‎	𞄽‎
repeat	syllable lengthener
XW XW	SEEV

Logograms

𞅎‎	𞅏‎
Currency	Ownership

Unicode

Nyiakeng 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+1E100–U+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	𞄀‎	𞄁‎	𞄂‎	𞄃‎	𞄄‎	𞄅‎	𞄆‎	𞄇‎	𞄈‎	𞄉‎	𞄊‎	𞄋‎	𞄌‎	𞄍‎	𞄎‎	𞄏‎
U+1E11x	𞄐‎	𞄑‎	𞄒‎	𞄓‎	𞄔‎	𞄕‎	𞄖‎	𞄗‎	𞄘‎	𞄙‎	𞄚‎	𞄛‎	𞄜‎	𞄝‎	𞄞‎	𞄟‎
U+1E12x	𞄠‎	𞄡‎	𞄢‎	𞄣‎	𞄤‎	𞄥‎	𞄦‎	𞄧‎	𞄨‎	𞄩‎	𞄪‎	𞄫‎	𞄬‎
U+1E13x	𞄰‎	𞄱‎	𞄲‎	𞄳‎	𞄴‎	𞄵‎	𞄶‎	𞄷‎	𞄸‎	𞄹‎	𞄺‎	𞄻‎	𞄼‎	𞄽‎
U+1E14x	𞅀‎	𞅁‎	𞅂‎	𞅃‎	𞅄‎	𞅅‎	𞅆‎	𞅇‎	𞅈‎	𞅉‎					𞅎‎	𞅏‎
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 15.1 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

Fonts

References

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

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[L217002-1] Everson, Michael (2017-02-15). "L2/17-002R3: Proposal to encode the Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong" (PDF).

[2] Ian James & Mattias Persson. "New Hmong Script". Retrieved March 8, 2019.

[3] "Chapter 16.12: Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. Unicode, Inc. March 2019.