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English and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
33   
2

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200   
English-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
74   
38
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
5   
2

How Many Consonants
60   
36
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
Hello   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
How are you?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
Good Night   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
Good Morning   

Please
thov   
Please   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
Sorry   

Bye
Not Available   
Bye   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
I love you   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
American English   

Where They Speak
Laos   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
China   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
Hmong   
English   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Not Available   

French Name
hmong   
anglais   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19   
5th Century AD   

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   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
eng   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
firs1234   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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All Hmong and English Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Hmong and English dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hmong and English Speaking population

Hmong and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and English languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Hmong and English on Hmong vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and English Language Codes

Hmong and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hmong and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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