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Afrikaans and Hmong


Hmong and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
South Africa   
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
14   
11

How Many Consonants
17   
7
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
Dankie   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
goeie nag   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
goeie more   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
asseblief   
thov   

Sorry
jammer   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
Not Available   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
China   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
21

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
Not Available   

Native Name
Afrikaans   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Mong   

French Name
afrikaans   
hmong   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
17th Century   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Hmong   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
afr   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Not Available   

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All Afrikaans and Hmong Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Hmong Speaking population

Afrikaans and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available 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 Afrikaans and Hmong on Afrikaans vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Hmong Language Codes

Afrikaans and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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