Countries
Japan
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Japan
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
thov
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
3.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
日本語
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Mong
  
French Name
japonais
  
hmong
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
1185
  
19
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese and Hmong Speaking population
Japanese and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Hmong on Japanese vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Hmong Language Codes
Japanese and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.