Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
China, Mongolia
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
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Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
7435
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1413
0
32
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How Many Consonants
6020
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
93
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
thov
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
Nyob zoo
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Laos
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
310,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
China
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million5.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.70 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Mong
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
hmong
mongol
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Mongols
Origin
19
1224-1225
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
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Mongolian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Hmong
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
2426
1
120
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Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
mon
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
mon
ISO 639 3
hmv
mon
ISO 639 6
hmn
mon
Glottocode
firs1234
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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