Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
thov
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Munster
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
Hmong
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
hmong
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Irish people
  
Origin
19
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Hmong and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Irish language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Irish Difficulty
The Hmong vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.