Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Somalia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Yemen
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
  
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.
  
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Afar and Oromo Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Hello
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Sidee tahay ?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Habeenka Good
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Evening Good
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
galab wanaagsan
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Subax wanaagsan
  
Please
thov
  
Fadlan
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
sorry
  
Bye
Not Available
  
caraysiiyo
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Waan ku jeclahay
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
iga raali ahow
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Northern Somali
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Gabon, Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Benaadir
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Af-Ashraaf
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Standard Somali
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
8.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Hmong
  
af Soomaali
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
  
French Name
hmong
  
somali
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Somali
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Somalis
  
Origin
19
  
19th century
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Somali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Somali Sign Language
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
so
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
som
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
som
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
som
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
soma1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hmong and Somali 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 Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Somali language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Somali Difficulty
The Hmong vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Somali 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 Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.