Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Palau
Regulated By
-
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7499
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
145
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6014
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kana
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
95
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
thov
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Nyob zoo
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Laos
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
310,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Hakata
Where They Speak
China
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Kansai
Where They Speak
Vietnam
kansai
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
631
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
日本語
Alternative Names
Mong
Nihongo
French Name
hmong
japonais
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
19
1185
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Hmong
Japanese
Language Position
248
1
120
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Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
jpn
ISO 639 3
hmv
jpn
ISO 639 6
hmn
jpn
Glottocode
firs1234
nucl1643
Linguasphere
No data available
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative, Synthetic