Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7453
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
149
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6041
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
94
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
thov
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Nyob zoo
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Laos
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
310,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Saraiki
Where They Speak
China
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Doabi
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
630
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Hmong
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Mong
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
hmong
pendjabi
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Punjabis
Origin
19
1000 AD
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Hmong
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
2423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Macrolanguage
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
pan
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
pan
ISO 639 3
hmv
pan
ISO 639 6
hmn
panj
Glottocode
firs1234
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional