Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
35
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Thai and Lao Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2674
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
614
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2460
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
69
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
terima kasih
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
Selamat Malam
zoo hmo
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
zoo tav su
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
sila
thov
Sorry
maaf
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Nyob zoo
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00310,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Indonesia
China
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,600,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0031,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
246
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million4.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million3.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
Hmong
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Mong
French Name
malais
hmong
German Name
Malaiisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[môŋ]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Hmong people
Origin
c. 683 AD
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Language Family
Austronesian Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Hmong
Language Position
5424
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ms
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
hmn
ISO 639 2/B
may
hmn
ISO 639 3
zsm
hmv
ISO 639 6
may
hmn
Glottocode
stan1306
firs1234
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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