Countries
Myanmar
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Myanmar
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Mon
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
- 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
Thai Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Pali Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tangut
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
thov
  
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Arakanese
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Myanmar
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Intha
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Burma
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
  
30
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
33.00 million
  
28
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
Mong
  
French Name
birman
  
hmong
  
German Name
Birmanisch
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Bamar people
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
1113 AD
  
19
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
my
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mya
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
bur
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mya
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sout3159
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Burmese 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 Burmese and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Hmong language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Burmese vs Hmong Difficulty
The Burmese vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Burmese 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 Burmese and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Burmese and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Burmese is 44 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.