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Yia Vang
Yia Vang (Romanized Popular Alphabet, RPA: ''Yia Vaj'', Pahawh Hmong, Pahawh: '; born 1984) is a Hmong people, Hmong-American chef in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Early life and education Vang was born in Ban Vinai Refugee Camp, Ban Vinai refugee camp in Thailand after his family had fled Laos at the end of the Vietnamese War after the fall of Saigon. His father, Nhia Lor Vang, and mother, Pang Her, both widowed during the crossing of the Mekong, met at the camp in 1977 and married in 1978. Vang was born in 1984. In 1988, when he was four, his family immigrated to the United States, first to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and then in 1997 to Port Edwards, Wisconsin. While growing up, he learned butchering when his family would buy whole animals. He graduated in 2010 from the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a degree in communications. Career He started his kitchen career early as a dishwasher aRidges Golf Courseand cooked aGolden Sands S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanized Popular Alphabet
The Romanized Popular Alphabet (RPA) or Hmong RPA (also Roman Popular Alphabet), is a system of romanization for the various dialects of the Hmong language. Created in Laos between 1951 and 1953 by a group of missionaries and Hmong people, Hmong advisers, it has gone on to become the most widespread system for writing the Hmong language in the West. It is also used in Southeast Asia and China alongside other writing systems, most notably Nyiakeng Puachue Hmong and Pahawh Hmong. History In Xiangkhoang Province, Protestant missionary G. Linwood Barney began working on the writing system with speakers of Green Mong (Mong Leng), Geu Yang and Tua Xiong, among others. He consulted with William A. Smalley, a missionary studying the Khmu language in Luang Prabang Province at the time. Concurrently, Yves Bertrais, a Roman Catholic missionary in Kiu Katiam, Luang Prabang, was undertaking a similar project with Chong Yeng Yang and Chue Her Thao. The two working groups met in 1952 and reconcile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
