Several lexical resemblances are found between the Hmong-Mien and Austroasiatic language families (Ratliff 2010), some of which had earlier been proposed by Haudricourt (1951).
sˈɛvɹəl lˈɛksɪkəl ɹᵻzˈɛmblənsᵻz ɑːɹ fˈaʊnd bᵻtwˌiːn ðɪ ˈeɪtʃmˈɔŋɡmˈiːn ænd ˌɔːstɹoʊsɪˈæɾɪk lˈæŋɡwɪdʒ fˈæmɪliz ɹˈætlɪf tˈuː θˈaʊzənd tˈɛn, sˌʌm ʌvwˈɪtʃ hæd ˈɜːlɪɚ bˌɪn pɹəpˈoʊzd baɪ hˈɔːdɹɪkˌoːɹt nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti wˈʌn.