Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Czech Republic
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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
-
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7437
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1412
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6021
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
93
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Xin chào
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Cam on
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
zoo hmo
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Chào buổi sáng
Please
thov
xin vui lòng
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Xin lỗi
Bye
Nyob zoo
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Laos
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
310,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
China
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Mong
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
hmong
vietnamien
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
19
c. 1440
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Hmong
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
2414
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
vie
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
vie
ISO 639 3
hmv
vie
ISO 639 6
hmn
vie
Glottocode
firs1234
viet1252
Linguasphere
No data available
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating