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
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German and English Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
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/T
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nld
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
dut
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
firs1234
mode1257
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-a
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.