Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7453
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1428
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6027
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
96
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
thov
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Nyob zoo
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Laos
Laos
How Many People Speak
310,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
China
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Laos
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.70 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
4.00 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Hmong
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Mong
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
hmong
lao
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Lao people
Origin
19
1283 CE
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
-
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Lao
Language Position
2443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
lao
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
lao
ISO 639 3
hmv
lao
ISO 639 6
hmn
lao
Glottocode
firs1234
laoo1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating