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
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Please
bitte
  
thov
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
Not Available
  
Native Name
Deutsch
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Mong
  
French Name
allemand
  
hmong
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
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.