Countries
Countries
Japan
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Japan
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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.
Similar To
Korean Language
Not Available
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
9974
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1460
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
59
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
zoo hmo
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
zoo tav su
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
thov
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
-9999
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialects
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
China
How Many People Speak
NA1,600,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
kansai
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
316
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million4.00 million
0.13
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.13 %
0.11
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million3.70 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
Hmong
Alternative Names
Not Available
Mong
French Name
japonais
hmong
German Name
Japanisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Hmong people
History
Origin
1185
19
Language Family
Japonic Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Hmong
Language Position
8NA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
ja
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
Not Available
ISO 639 3
jpn
hmv
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
firs1234
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Not Available