Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
-
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7427
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
149
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6018
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
92
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Tere
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
aitäh
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
zoo hmo
Head ööd
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Tere päevast
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Tere hommikust
Please
thov
Palun
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Vabandust
Bye
Nyob zoo
Head aega
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Laos
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
310,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Tartu
Where They Speak
China
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Vietnam
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million1.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Mong
Eesti keel
French Name
hmong
estonien
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Estonians
Origin
19
13th century
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Estonian
Language Position
2422
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
est
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
est
ISO 639 3
hmv
est
ISO 639 6
hmn
est
Glottocode
firs1234
esto1258
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative