Further, Hmong from Khek Noi mainly speak
White Hmong (Hmoob Dawb, the main Hmong dialect used by Hmong Americans).
The "Acknowledgements" describe the roles played by Vorreiter's myriad collaborators:
White Hmong of Ban Nam La and neighboring Ban Sayua village, in Luang Nam Tha Province, Laos; Striped Hmong of Ban Ta village, Phongsali Province, Laos; and Blue Hmong and
White Hmong villagers of Chiengmai and Chiengrai, Thailand.
Our printed materials are in a dozen different Hmong scripts (mainly RPG
White Hmong), and over twenty languages.
The Hmong sometimes identify with a certain group of Hmong, such as Green Hmong, Blue Hmong, Striped Hmong, and
White Hmong. Some HmongEmbroidery.org story cloths depict the affiliations and dress of various Hmong groups, as well as the mountainous landscape of their origins.
In a substantial revision of her 1991 PhD dissertation at the University of Sydney, Jarkey examines the phenomenon of serial verb constructions in
White Hmong, a language spoken in the mountainous regions of southern China and mainland Southeast Asia, and by a number of diasporic communities around the world.
According to the
White Hmong English Dictionary (Heimbach, 1969), ceeb is defined as "to be tense, frightened, startled" (p.
Currently, there are 18 Hmong clans (Cooper, 1998; Lee & Tapp, 2010), with two major classes (Green Hmong and
White Hmong), which are distinguishable by dialect, clothing designs, and geographical region (Cooper, 1998; Duffy et al., 2004; Lee, 1990; Lee & Tapp, 2010).