Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
50
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7443
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1411
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6034
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
94
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
thov
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Nyob zoo
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Laos
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
310,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
China
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Vietnam
India
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
613
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Mong
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
hmong
bhojpuri
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
19
19th Century
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Bhojpuri
Language Position
2437
1
120
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Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
bho
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
bho
ISO 639 3
hmv
bho
ISO 639 6
hmn
bho
Glottocode
firs1234
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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