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Countries

Countries

China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Cambodia

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, France, United States of America

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.

Similar To

Thai and Lao Languages
Lao Language

Derived From

-
Pali and Sanskrit Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

7453
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1420
0 32
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How Many Consonants

6033
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Khmer

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

94
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)

Thank You

Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)

How Are You?

Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ

Good Night

zoo hmo
រាត្រីលា

Good Evening

zoo yav tsaus ntuj
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ

Good Afternoon

zoo tav su
លើកលែងរសៀល

Good Morning

zoo thaum sawv ntxov
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង

Please

thov
សូម

Sorry

Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
សូរី

Bye

Nyob zoo
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)

I Love You

Kuv hlub koj
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន

Excuse Me

zam txim rau kuv
សូមទាញយក

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hmong Njua
Northern Khmer

Where They Speak

Laos
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America

How Many People Speak

310,000.001,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hmong Daw
Khmer Krom

Where They Speak

China
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

1,600,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hmong Do
Western Khmer

Where They Speak

Vietnam
Cambodia, Thailand

How Many People Speak

31,000,000.0016,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

66
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

4.00 million16.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.24 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.70 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Hmong
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)

Alternative Names

Mong
Cambodian, Khmer

French Name

hmong
khmer central

German Name

Miao-Sprachen
Kambodschanisch

Pronunciation

[môŋ]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]

Ethnicity

Hmong people
Khmer, Northern Khmer

History

Origin

19
14

Language Family

Hmong–Mien Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Proto-Khmer

Standard Forms

Hmong
Modern Khmer

Language Position

241
1 120
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Signed Forms

Hmong Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
km

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hmn
khm

ISO 639 2/B

hmn
khm

ISO 639 3

hmv
khm

ISO 639 6

hmn
khm

Glottocode

firs1234
khme1253

Linguasphere

No data available
48-ACB

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Analytic, Isolating

Hmong and Khmer Alphabets

Hmong and Khmer Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hmong and Khmer. In Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters while in Khmer Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Hmong and Khmer languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hmong and Khmer languages. The Hmong phonology consist Hmong vowels and Hmong consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Hmong greetings vs Khmer greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hmong and Khmer are Most Spoken Languages.

All Hmong and Khmer 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 Khmer dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and Khmer language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas Khmer Dialects are spoken in different Khmer speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs Khmer Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. Khmer dialects include: Northern Khmer , Khmer Krom. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Hmong and Khmer Speaking population

Hmong and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Hmong vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Khmer Language Codes

Hmong and Khmer language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hmong and Khmer Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.