Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
France, Spain
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
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 Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
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Spanish
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Egun on
  
Please
thov
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Agur
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
France
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
China
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Native Name
Hmong
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
hmong
  
basque
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Basque people
  
Origin
19
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
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Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Hmong and Basque Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hmong and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Basque language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Basque Difficulty
The Hmong vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Basque Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hmong and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.