Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
National Language
Russia
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
Afganistan
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Interesting Facts
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
- 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
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Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
zoo hmo
Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
zoo tav su
Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
thov
Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)
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I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Laos
Dialect 2
Olonets
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Olonets
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Novgorod
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Novgorod
Vietnam
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Русский
Hmong
Alternative Names
Russki
Mong
German Name
Russisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
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Ethnicity
Russians
Hmong people
Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Slavic
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Branch
Eastern
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Early Forms
Old East Slavic
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Russian
Hmong
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Russian
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ru
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
rus
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ISO 639 2/B
rus
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
russ1263
firs1234
Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Russian and Hmong 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 Russian and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Russian and Hmong language. Russian word for "Hello" is здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte) or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Russian Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Russian vs Hmong Difficulty
The Russian vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Russian Alphabets and Hmong 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 Russian and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Russian and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Russian is 44 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.