Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Myanmar
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Not Available
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
thov
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Not Available
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Laos
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
China
Myanmar
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Hmong
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Mong
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Bamar people
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Hmong
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
mya
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
bur
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
firs1234
sout3159
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Hmong and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Burmese language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Burmese Difficulty
The Hmong vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.