Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
thov
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Greece
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Hmong
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
hmong
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
19
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Hmong and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Greek language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Greek Difficulty
The Hmong vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.