Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
thov
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Hmong
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
hmong
  
arménien
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Armenians
  
Origin
19
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic