Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
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Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
thov
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
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안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Jeju
Where They Speak
Laos
South Korea
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
China
South Korea
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Vietnam
China, North Korea
Native Name
Hmong
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Mong
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Hmong people
Koreans
Origin
19
Before 1st century
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Hmong
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Korean Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ko
ISO 639 2/T
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kor
ISO 639 2/B
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kor
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
firs1234
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Hmong and Korean Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hmong and Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Korean language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Korean Difficulty
The Hmong vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Korean Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hmong and Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.