Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
China, Mongolia
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
China, Mongolia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
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Turkish Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
zoo hmo
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
thov
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
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Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Laos
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
China
Mongolia
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Mongolia
Speaking Population
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Native Name
Hmong
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Mong
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German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
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/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Hmong people
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Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
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Mongolian
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Hmong
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Signed Forms
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Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
mn
ISO 639 2/T
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mon
ISO 639 2/B
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mon
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
firs1234
mong1331
Linguasphere
No data available
part of 44-BAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Hmong and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Mongolian language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Hmong vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.