Countries
European Union, Ireland
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Ireland
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Ireland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Dia dhuit
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
Go raibh maith agat
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
Oíche mhaith
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
le do thoil
  
thov
  
Sorry
Tá brón orm
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
Slán
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Is breá liom thú
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Connacht Irish
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Connacht
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Munster Irish
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Munster
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Ulster Irish
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Ulster
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak?
1.79 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.14 million
  
99+
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
1.65 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
Mong
  
French Name
irlandais moyen
  
hmong
  
German Name
Mittelirisch
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Irish people
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
c. 750
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Celtic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Goidelic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Hmong
  
Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ga
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
gle
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
gle
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
gle
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
iris1253
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
50-AAA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Irish and Hmong 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 Irish and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Irish and Hmong language. Irish word for "Hello" is Dia dhuit or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Irish Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Irish vs Hmong Difficulty
The Irish vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Irish Alphabets and Hmong 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 Irish and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Irish and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Irish is 36 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.