Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Malta
  
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
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
thov
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Native Name
Hmong
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Malti
  
French Name
hmong
  
maltais
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Maltese
  
Origin
19
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Hmong and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Maltese language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Maltese Difficulty
The Hmong vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.