Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
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Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
thov
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
Hmong
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Not Available
  
French Name
hmong
  
kurde
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Kurds
  
Origin
19
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Hmong and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Kurdish language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Hmong vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.