Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
53
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7426
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
145
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6021
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
95
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Hello
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
zoo hmo
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Subax wanaagsan
Please
thov
Fadlan
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
sorry
Bye
Nyob zoo
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Laos
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
310,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Benaadir
Where They Speak
China
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Mong
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
hmong
somali
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Somali
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Somalis
Origin
19
19th century
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Somali
Language Position
2483
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
som
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
som
ISO 639 3
hmv
som
ISO 639 6
hmn
som
Glottocode
firs1234
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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