Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
thov
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
bye
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Hmong
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
hmong
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
19
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Kazakh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative