Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
thov
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Not Available
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
Hmong
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
hmong
  
marathe
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
19
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hmong and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Marathi language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Marathi Difficulty
The Hmong vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.