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
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Ukraine
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
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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/T
Not Available
ell
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
gre
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
firs1234
gree1276
Linguasphere
No data available
56-AAA-a
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.
