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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
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.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
thov
  
Not available
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Hmong
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
hmong
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
19
  
18th 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
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
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
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Hmong and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Ilocano language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Hmong vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.