Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-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)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Labrīt
  
Please
thov
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
Hmong
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Lettish
  
French Name
hmong
  
letton
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
19
  
1530
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Hmong and Latvian 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 Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Latvian language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Latvian Difficulty
The Hmong vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Latvian 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 Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.