Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
-
Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7495
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
145
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6030
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
96
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks38 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
zoo hmo
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
thov
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Tsip maza
Bye
Nyob zoo
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Laya
Where They Speak
Laos
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
310,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Lunana
Where They Speak
China
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Adap
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Mong
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
hmong
dzongkha
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Ngalop people
Origin
19
17th Century
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Dzongkha
Language Position
2431
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
dzo
ISO 639 3
hmv
dzo
ISO 639 6
hmn
dzo
Glottocode
firs1234
nucl1307
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-