Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
53
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7462
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
142
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6060
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
96
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
thov
амритана
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Амарахь
Bye
Nyob zoo
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
-
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Laos
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
310,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
China
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Sadz
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Turkey
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Mong
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
hmong
abkhaze
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Abkhaz people
Origin
19
c. 1650
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Abkhaz
Language Position
2428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
abk
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
abk
ISO 639 3
hmv
abk
ISO 639 6
hmn
abks
Glottocode
firs1234
abkh1244
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative