Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
53
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
146
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6024
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
96
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Hai
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
terima kasih
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Apa khabar?
Good Night
zoo hmo
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Selamat pagi
Please
thov
sila
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
maaf
Bye
Nyob zoo
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Laos
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
310,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Pekal
Where They Speak
China
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Musi
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
624
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Mong
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
hmong
malais
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Malaysian people
Origin
19
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Hmong
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
2454
1
120
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Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
msa
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
may
ISO 639 3
hmv
zsm
ISO 639 6
hmn
may
Glottocode
firs1234
stan1306
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative