Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
thov
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
Hmong
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
hmong
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19
  
19th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Bhojpuri
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available