Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
7427
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
146
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6015
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
93
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Khurumjari
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
zoo hmo
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Nongale haugatl
Please
thov
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Saobiganu
Bye
Nyob zoo
Chatcharage
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Loi
Where They Speak
Laos
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
310,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Pangal
Where They Speak
China
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Mong
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
hmong
Meithei
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Meithei
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Meithei people
Origin
19
1700
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2438
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
mni
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
mni
ISO 639 3
hmv
mni
ISO 639 6
hmn
mni
Glottocode
firs1234
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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