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Hmong Language



Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam

Total No. Of Countries
5 10

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil

Speaking Continents
Asia

Minority Language
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.

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
74 38

Phonology

How Many Vowels
14 11

How Many Consonants
60 36

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
9 7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)

Good Night
zoo hmo

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov

Please
thov

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)

Bye
Nyob zoo

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua

Where They Speak
Laos

How Many People Speak
310,000.00 71

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw

Where They Speak
China

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00 58

Dialect 3
Hmong Do

Where They Speak
Vietnam

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00 19

Total No. Of Dialects
6 6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million 75

Speaking Population
0.13 % 54

Native Speakers
3.70 million 72

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million 52

Native Name
Hmong

Alternative Names
Mong

French Name
hmong

German Name
Miao-Sprachen

Pronunciation
[môŋ]

Ethnicity
Hmong people

History

Origin
19

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family

Subgroup
-

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms
Hmong

Language Position
24 22

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language

Scope
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
hmn

ISO 639 2/B
hmn

ISO 639 3
hmv

ISO 639 6
hmn

Glottocode
firs1234

Linguasphere
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
-

Language Morphological Typology
-

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Origin of Hmong language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Hmong language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Hmong language states that it was put to use in 19. The history of Hmong language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Hmong Language History. Hmong has no early forms. Hmong is the standard form of Hmong language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Hmong Language.

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Hmong population

Hmong population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Hmong language. Hmong language is spoken by 4.00 million people in the world. Most of the Hmong population lies in the Hmong Speaking Countries. Hmong language is spoken as first language by 3.70 million people and as second language by about 4.00 million people. Get to know Hmong speaking population in detail.

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Hmong writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Hmong writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Hmong language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Hmong language. Learn more about . 

Information about Hmong language

Check out all the information about Hmong language here. You may find it interesting to learn Hmong Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Hmong Speaking Countries, Hmong speaking continents and Hmong Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Hmong countries knowing common Hmong Greetings will help you in communicating with Hmong people.

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