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
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Derived From
Pali Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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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
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Myanmar
China
Where They Speak
Burma
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Hmong
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Mong
German Name
Birmanisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Bamar people
Hmong people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
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Branch
Not Available
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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/T
mya
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
bur
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
sout3159
firs1234
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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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.