Countries
Philippines
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Philippines
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hoy
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
Palihug
  
thov
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
Babay
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
Not Available
  
Native Name
Visayan
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Mong
  
French Name
cebuano
  
hmong
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
16th century
  
19
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Hmong language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Hmong Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.