Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
France, Germany, Indonesia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
  
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.
  
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
German and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dutch-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)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
dankjewel
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
hoe gaat het met je?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
goede Nacht
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
goedenavond
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
goedemiddag
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
goedemorgen
  
Please
thov
  
alsjeblieft
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
sorry
  
Bye
Not Available
  
vaarwel
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Ik hou van jou
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
pardon
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Gronings
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Netherlands
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Low Saxon
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
4,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Limburgian
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Belgium, Netherlands
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,300,000.00
  
18
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
22.00 million
  
35
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
6.00 million
  
25
Native Name
Hmong
  
Nederlands
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Hollands, Nederlands
  
French Name
hmong
  
néerlandais; flamand
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Niederländisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Dutch people
  
Origin
19
  
AD 450-500
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Standard Dutch
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
nl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
nld
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
dut
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
nld
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
mode1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Hmong and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Dutch language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Dutch Difficulty
The Hmong vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.