Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
  
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
hola
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
thov
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
triste
  
Bye
Not Available
  
adiós
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
Hmong
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
hmong
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic