Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Philippines
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
thov
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
China
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
Hmong
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
hmong
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
19
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hmong and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Cebuano language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Hmong vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.