Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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Interesting Facts
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
- 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
German and English Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hallo
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Thank You
dankjewel
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
goede Nacht
zoo hmo
Good Evening
goedenavond
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
goedemiddag
zoo tav su
Good Morning
goedemorgen
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Sorry
sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
vaarwel
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I Love You
Ik hou van jou
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
pardon
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Gronings
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Netherlands
Laos
Dialect 2
Low Saxon
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
China
Dialect 3
Limburgian
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Nederlands
Hmong
Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands
Mong
French Name
néerlandais; flamand
hmong
German Name
Niederländisch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
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Ethnicity
Dutch people
Hmong people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Western
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Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Dutch
Hmong
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
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Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
nl
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
nld
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ISO 639 2/B
dut
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mode1257
firs1234
Linguasphere
52-ACB-a
No data available
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Dutch 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 Dutch and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Hmong language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Dutch vs Hmong Difficulty
The Dutch vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.