Countries
Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
5
10
1
14
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
Amharic-1.jpg#200
Alphabets
74
38
33
15
Phonology
How Many Vowels
14
11
7
4
How Many Consonants
60
36
31
21
Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
9
7
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
44 weeks
11
Greetings
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Selam
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
zoo hmo
Dehna dur
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
i'ndemin adäru
Please
thov
i'bakwon
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
aznallehu
Bye
Not Available
tschao
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
yiqirta
Dialects
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Gondar
Where They Speak
Laos
Gondar
How Many People Speak
310,000.00
37
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Gojjami
Where They Speak
China
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
21
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Showa
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Ethiopia
Total No. Of Dialects
6
6
5
5
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
99+
18.70 million
99+
Speaking Population
0.13 %
99+
0.37 %
35
Native Speakers
3.70 million
99+
25.00 million
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
10.00 million
23
Native Name
Hmong
Not Available
Alternative Names
Mong
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
hmong
amharique
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Amharisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Amharas
History
Origin
19
13th century
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Semitic
Branch
Not Available
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Hmong
Amharic
Language Position
Not Available
55
40
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Amharic
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
amh
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
amh
ISO 639 3
hmv
amh
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
firs1234
amha1245
Linguasphere
No data available
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional
