What language do most Hmong speak?

Most Hmong in the United States speak the White Hmong (Hmong Daw) and Hmong Leeg (Moob Leeg) dialects, with about sixty percent speaking White Hmong and about forty percent Hmong Leeg.

How do you say hello in Hmong?

Nyob zoo – Hello.

Is Hmong an easy language to learn?

“Hmong is one of the hardest languages to learn because it’s a tonal language,” she said. “A lot of Westerners have a hard time speaking Mandarin because it’s four tones. With Hmong, you double those, so it’s eight tones.”

Is Hmong a rare language?

While Hmong is a rare language, we work with it on a semi-regular basis in the translation work we do for varying clients around the United States. If your population includes Hmong speakers, we’d be happy to discuss with you how to reach them through translation services.

Are Hmong Korean?

Though the Hmong may be a branch of ethnic group from both China and Korea, I seriously think there was a connection between us during the era in which Korea and China were connected.

Are Hmong Tibetan?

Most Chinese scholars have claimed that Hmong-Mien belongs to the Sino-Tibetan linguistic family, along with Chinese, Tibeto-Burman (which includes Tibetan, Burmese, Karen, and many smaller languages of southern and western Asia), and Tai-Kadai (which includes Thai, Lao, Shan, Zhuang, and many smaller languages of …

How do you say love you in Hmong?

How to say I love you in Hmong? Kuv Hlub Koj!

What alphabet does Hmong use?

Today most Hmong write their language with the Romanized Popular Alphabet (RPA), a version of the Latin alphabet developed mainly by American missionary linguists in the 1950s in Laos. In the RPA tones are indicated by final consonants.

What are the Hmong last names?

The clans, from which the Hmong take their surnames, are: Chang (Tsaab) or Cha (Tsab), Chao (Tsom), Cheng (Tsheej), Chue (Tswb), Fang (Faaj) or Fa (Fag), Hang (Haam) or Ha (Ham), Her (Hawj), Khang (Khaab) or Kha (Khab), Kong (Koo) or Soung (Xoom), Kue (Kwm), Lee (Lis), Lor (Lauj), Moua (Muas), Pha (Phab), Thao (Thoj).