Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
India
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
- 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
Konkani Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
thov
  
Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
बाय (Bāya)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Kokan
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Varhadi
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Vidarbha
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Khandeshi
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Khandesh
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
71.00 million
  
25
4.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
68.00 million
  
16
3.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.00 million
  
32
Not Available
  
Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
Mong
  
French Name
marathe
  
hmong
  
German Name
Marathi
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Marathi people
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
10th century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Marathi
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
mr
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mar
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
mar
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mar
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mara1378
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
omr
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Marathi and Hmong Speaking population
Marathi and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % 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 Marathi and Hmong on Marathi vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Marathi and Hmong Language Codes
Marathi and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.