Proto-Hmong–Mien language

Proto-Hmong-Mien
Proto-Miao–Yao
Reconstruction ofHmong-Mien languages
RegionYangtze River Basin
Erac.500 BCE
Lower-order reconstructions

Proto-Hmong–Mien (PHM), also known as Proto-Miao–Yao (PMY; Chinese: 原始苗瑶语), is the reconstructed ancestor of the Hmong–Mien languages. Lower-level reconstructions include Proto-Hmongic and Proto-Mienic.