Learn to speak Hmong (Udemy.com)
Learn to read, write and speak Hmong the Jay Way
Created by: Jay Xiong
Last updated October 2025
What you will learn
- Nyob Zoo (nyaw zhong), After you have successfully completed this course, you should be able to read and write the Hmong Roman Popular Alphabet, A to Z, scripting language. Additionally, you should be able to engage in basic conversation. New videos will be provided to answer common questions in Section 18 - Additional Information and Videos. Ua Tsaug (oua chao) -- Thank You.
How it compares
Against the other 535 rated Udemy courses in Language Learning on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 64% of them
- Reviews287#342 of 536 by number of reviews
- Length6.6 hourslonger than 58% of them
- Last updatedOctober 2025more recently than 68% of them
Course Description
In addition, Iwill also teach you the Hmong pronouns as well as Hmong greetings and basic phrases so thatyou can apply what you will learn from this course in real life. And most importantly, Iwill also include the PDF of my book called Learn Hmong the Jay Way which you will find it useful for speaking and writing Hmong since it covers the Hmong grammar.
Who this course is for:
Anyone who wants to be able to read, write, and speak Hmong.
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
287 Reviews
Jay Xiong
I am the author of the Hmong Dictionary called "Lus Hmoob Txhais" as well as the bookcalled "Learn Hmong the Jay Way." I am also the creator and owner of the website called Hmongdictionary [.] com
I was also one of the key contributors to the Microsoft Translator project back in 2012 where I provided my dictionary for the initial databasecreation of their Hmong to English translation.
I hadtaught manyHmongclasses as wellasprovidedpresentationsabout the Hmong people, culture and their language in the past. Ialso hadprovided translation to professional companiesonline.
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Reviews
By Scott Schiffer on 9/17/2020
I like the way you are going about the sounds with the English equivalent. Awesome so far!
By Michael Green on 9/7/2020
The course is taught by a native Hmong speaker. The tones in Hmong are demonstrated with examples and lots of opportunity to practice, which is good. The basic vocabulary is also repeated which helps with memorization.
By Rachael Fleming on 8/16/2020
Pros: I like the videos. They are broken up into short easy to digest chunks. I also like that the pronunciations of each letter is repeated so many times for practice. This is the only real lesson on the Hmong language that I've been able to find so far.
Improvements: It would be helpful to incorporate IPA to show the English equivalents. I was also unclear if this first set of lessons was how to pronounce each letter independently (like when saying the alphabet) or if it was how to pronounce each letter when it is seen in a word. The quizzes didn't align with the lessons. The video would cover how to pronounce each individual lesson then the following quiz would ask how to pronounce something like "Mai" when the "ai" combination had not yet been taught in the course.
By V K on 6/25/2020
This is a great tool to help me learn the hmong language. My fiance is hmong and I've practiced with her a little, but with this tool she is very enthused and amazed by my progress with my pronunciation and ability to recognize the written language already, and I'm only half way through the course. I recommend this program for sure! Also I had a concern about something and messaged Jay, and it's amazing how fast he was able to respond to me. Easy 5 stars. Jay if you see this and know how to speak Lao, please make a course similar to this and I will spread the word because I want to learn Lao after Hmong. Thank you!
By Brady Stymiest on 6/9/2020
Was difficult to figure out exactly where the answers to a couple questions (primarily regarding letters G and J) were covered in the lessons. Aside from that very well instructed course thus far.
By Georges Moua on 5/23/2020
Amazing.
By Chanda Riedemann on 4/7/2020
It goes fast and doesn't do much practicing
By JoAnn Whitney on 2/20/2020
The easiest to understand and learn of anything Ive found on the internet.
By Milan Lehotsky on 10/20/2019
The course was very interesting and really good
By Thomas Lucas on 9/10/2019
The information seems to be there so far, could maybe just use a better presentation
By Houa Lee on 7/11/2019
I registered this course for my 8 years old kids. They are doing okay so far.
By Ojinga Blackwell on 6/20/2019
Very thorough!! It is very difficult to find good Hmong instruction. Thank you so much for giving us students access to clear guidelines and great audio. Ive had Hmong colleagues for many years. It would be amazing to connect with them in their native tongue.
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Overall Score : 94 / 100






