Ancient Hmong Writing System (Part 4 of 7)

[13MintKeys]

One day,I hope one Hmong person who knows the writing would show how and what the writings mean. ): Now we just qrite in American letters but speak in our own way.

[khunlo]

you can't learn hmong writing anymore because it is useless now..it should've been taught long time ago but the hmong refused to give up their clan names and unite so it is too long..the heaven have already taken back all their promises because hmong couldn't do what was told to them by the heaven.blame the vang clan who refused to give up their pride and unite the hmong people. too bad it will never be what could've been vang pao refused to do heavens work when he was given a second chance

[killerboibitch]

how can i get in contact with someone who have knowledge of this writing system?

[zuttodaisukidayo]

i am very excited to hear that Hmong writing still exists, and I want to learn the orginal characters and writing. The only doubt I have is that if all documents and evidence of writing was destroyed, how was the writing discovered this recently? I love learning about Hmong culture, don't get me wrong, just don't want to get my hopes up. but, WOW, I never even imagined paj ntaub being a form of writing and the phrase "kawm ntaub kawm ntawv". This amazes me!

[Thisbeme1986]

all these are true the hmong writing system was hiding in ours embroidery (paj ntaub) my mom and grand mother told her generation after generation..Our ancient hmong wrting system had existed for 2 to 3000bc comparing to latin hmong writing they r just full of crap.too straight forward and simple to learn what u know and that's it.. latin hmong language it aint gonna take you to the next level..

[canthandlethis69]

wow this is a really good video!

[goldomyk]

Hi, good video ! I wrote a song for hmong people. Click on my name and choose the song " YOU RAISE ME UP HMONG " please ;)

[xion225]

wow this song really fits this clip

[nowingedangel]

A while back, I read about this on a webpage but did not feel that it was credible.

In high school, friends asked me if I could write and read in Hmong. I demonstrated what I could with romanized English letters, and I always felt uneasy to inform them that we had an amazing oral tradition but did not have an existing traditional writing system.

Well, I guess I was wrong!

This is so cool! I'd just love to learn more about the Hmong culture in all aspects. :)

[myAsoulsMheartY]

so since it is called the flower cloth does it mean that originally the cloth was made from a type of flower plant??? how was the cloth made and what was used for the ink and threads??? :D

[TheHmongIdentity]

The elders say our ancestors call it the Flower Cloth because the embroidery patterns resemble how the petals of a flower stem out evenly from its center.

I don't know how the cloth was made, I'll have to get back to you on that one. I would assume they used natural cotton? Ink was never used on cloth, it was only used on bamboo scripts and the earliest forms of paper.

[moobyaaj456]

hey if its kool with you can i get that keybord on 3:28 oh a bigger screen?

[iprep87]

Beautiful. Our culture is fantastic. What a blessing our lost written lauguage is recovered. My parents told me it lost forever but it's well and alive. Hmoob hlub hmoob.

[paexou]

How can u pull out Hmong language too late?

Well, now Latin language is more popular

for Hmong and easiest language.

[TheHmongIdentity]

Our goal is to preserve it as a part of our history, the way the Egyptian Hieroglyphics was preserved as a part of theirs. In the end, it is the people who choose which language they wish to use, should it be the RPA or at a much later date, this, so be it.

[HaLong806]

cool i didn't know hmong has their own writing system

[hallakali]

very interesting stuff, the only problem is that there is know real proof, I've heard lots of stories about hmong history. i hope this one is true, if it is then at least well have some history to tell our kids when we have them.

[1o2o3e]

it is hmong writting they use it back in war time so nobody know what they are trying to say.

[hmoob1234]

i'm intrique but is it scientifically proven that these are the symbols for each letter? and what are his qualifications? I REALLY DO HOPE THAT ALL THESE SYMBOLS ARE TRUE AND THAT IT IS OUR WRITTEN SYSTEM!!!! GO HMONG!!!

[TheHmongIdentity]

I'm hoping for the scientific proof as well. What are his qualifications? Isn't that like asking a Hmong Mej Koob to provide us his degree if he wants to teach us about Hmong marriage celebrations?

[hmoob1234]

oh you are on lol...i just wrote you a letter :D and who knows maybe you are reading the letter now....lol