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
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
  
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.
  
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Tagalog Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Spanish Language
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Filipino-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Kumusta
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Kumusta
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Magandang hapon
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Magandang umaga
  
Please
thov
  
Mangyaring
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Paalam
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Mahal kita
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
patawarin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Bikol
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Hiligaynon
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
8,200,000.00
  
11
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Waray
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,600,000.00
  
13
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
90.00 million
  
17
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
45.00 million
  
23
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
Hmong
  
filipino
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Pilipino
  
French Name
hmong
  
filipino; pilipino
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pilipino
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Filipino
  
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
  
fil
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
fil
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
fil
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
fili1244
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No Data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hmong and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Filipino language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Filipino Difficulty
The Hmong vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.