Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7433
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1412
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6033
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
93
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
thov
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Nyob zoo
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Laos
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
310,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
China
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Intha
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Burma
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.50 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Mong
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
hmong
birman
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Bamar people
Origin
19
1113 AD
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Hmong
Modern Burmese
Language Position
2443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
mya
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
bur
ISO 639 3
hmv
mya
ISO 639 6
hmn
mya
Glottocode
firs1234
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating