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
  
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 in
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English-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
American English
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
1,200.00 million
  
1
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed English
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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