Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
hej
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
god morgon
  
Please
thov
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
Not Available
  
hej då
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
Hmong
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
hmong
  
suédois
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
19
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hmong and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Swedish language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Swedish Difficulty
The Hmong vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.