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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
- 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
Tagalog Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Spanish Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kumusta
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
Kumusta
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
magandang gabi
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
Mangyaring
  
thov
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
Paalam
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Mahal kita
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Bikol
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hiligaynon
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00
  
11
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Waray
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00
  
13
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
45.00 million
  
23
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
Not Available
  
Native Name
filipino
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Pilipino
  
Mong
  
French Name
filipino; pilipino
  
hmong
  
German Name
Pilipino
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
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
Filipino
  
Hmong
  
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
fil
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
fil
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
fil
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fili1244
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
No Data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Filipino 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 Filipino and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Filipino and Hmong language. Filipino word for "Hello" is Kumusta or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Filipino Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Filipino vs Hmong Difficulty
The Filipino vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Filipino 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 Filipino and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Filipino and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Filipino is 44 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.