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Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
5   
10

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
14   
11

How Many Consonants
21   
11
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
Thank you   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
Good Night   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
Please   
thov   

Sorry
Sorry   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
Bye   
Not Available   

I Love You
I love you   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
China   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
1,600,000.00   
21

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
Not Available   

Native Name
English   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Mong   

French Name
anglais   
hmong   

German Name
Englisch   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Hmong   

Language Position
3   
3
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
eng   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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English and Hmong Language History

Comparison of English vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of English and Hmong language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Hmong Language History.

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English 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 English and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Hmong language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common English Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Hmong Difficulty

The English vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

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