Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
National Language
Germany
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
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Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
German-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
Danke
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Good Night
gute Nacht
zoo hmo
Good Evening
guten Abend
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
zoo tav su
Good Morning
guten Morgen
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Sorry
Verzeihung
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Laos
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Germany
China
Dialect 3
Texas German
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Texas
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Deutsch
Hmong
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Mong
French Name
allemand
hmong
German Name
Deutsch
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
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Ethnicity
Germans
Hmong people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Germanic
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Branch
Western
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Hmong
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed German
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
de
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
deu
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ISO 639 2/B
ger
Not Available
ISO 639 6
deus
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Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
firs1234
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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German 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 German and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Hmong language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common German Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Hmong Difficulty
The German vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.