The Hmong ‘Thoob Teb’ alphabet is by far the most popular Romanized alphabet representing the sounds and words of the Hmong language. It is not difficult to learn.

What alphabet does Hmong use?

Today most Hmong write their language with the Romanized Popular Alphabet (RPA), a version of the Latin alphabet developed mainly by American missionary linguists in the 1950s in Laos. In the RPA tones are indicated by final consonants.

Who invented Hmong?

The Hmong originally came from China with over 4,000 years of history. Some Hmong left China to Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Burma beginning in the early 1800’s as a result of land expansion by the Chinese government.