Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
thov
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
Hmong
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
hmong
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
19
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Hmong and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Vietnamese language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Hmong vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.