Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Portugal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
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.
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
Similar To
Not Available
Spanish and Galician Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Olá
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
obrigado
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Como você está?
Good Night
zoo hmo
boa noite
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
boa Noite
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
boa Tarde
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
bom Dia
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
pesaroso
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Eu te amo
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
desculpe me
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Brazilian Portuguese
Where They Speak
Laos
Brazil
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
China
Portugal
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Daman and Diu
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Hmong
Português
Alternative Names
Mong
Português
French Name
hmong
portugais
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Portugiesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Portuguese people or portugueses
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Hmong
Portuguese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Portuguese
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
pt
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
por
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
por
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
firs1234
port1283
Linguasphere
No data available
51-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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Hmong and Portuguese 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 Portuguese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Portuguese language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Portuguese word for "Thank You" is obrigado. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Portuguese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Portuguese Difficulty
The Hmong vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.