Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
  
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
thov
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
متاسف
  
Bye
Not Available
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Hmong
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
hmong
  
persan
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Persian people
  
Origin
19
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-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 Persian 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 Persian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Persian language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Persian word for "Thank You" is متشکرم. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Persian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Persian Difficulty
The Hmong vs Persian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Persian 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 Persian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Persian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Persian time required is 44 weeks.