Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Japan
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
thov
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Native Name
Hmong
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Not Available
  
French Name
hmong
  
japonais
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
19
  
1185
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Hmong and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Japanese language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Japanese Difficulty
The Hmong vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.