Countries
South Africa
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
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 in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Afrikaans and Hmong Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Afrikaans and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Hmong language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Hmong Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Hmong Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Afrikaans and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.