Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Myanmar
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
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
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
China
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Hmong
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Mong
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Bamar people
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Hmong
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
mya
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
bur
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
firs1234
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Hmong and Burmese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hmong and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Hmong and Burmese Speaking population
Hmong and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hmong and Burmese on Hmong vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hmong and Burmese Language Codes
Hmong and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hmong and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.