Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Regulated By
Not Available
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
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Derived From
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Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Hello
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Thank you
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
How are you?
Good Night
zoo hmo
Good Night
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Good Morning
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Sorry
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
I love you
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
American English
Where They Speak
Laos
United States of America
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
China
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Vietnam
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
Hmong
English
Alternative Names
Mong
Not Available
French Name
hmong
anglais
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Hmong people
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Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Hmong
Standard English
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Signed English
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
en
ISO 639 2/T
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eng
ISO 639 2/B
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eng
ISO 639 6
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engs
Glottocode
firs1234
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Hmong and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and English language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs English Difficulty
The Hmong vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.