Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Ireland
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7418
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
145
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6013
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
95
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
zoo hmo
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
thov
le do thoil
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Tá brón orm
Bye
Nyob zoo
Slán
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Laos
Connacht
How Many People Speak
310,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
China
Munster
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Ulster
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Mong
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
hmong
irlandais moyen
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Irish people
Origin
19
c. 750
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Hmong
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
2425
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
gle
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
gle
ISO 639 3
hmv
gle
ISO 639 6
hmn
gle
Glottocode
firs1234
iris1253
Linguasphere
No data available
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional