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Amharic vs Hmong


Hmong vs Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
14  
11

How Many Consonants
31  
21
60  
36

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
i'bakwon  
thov  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
tschao  
Not Available  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
310,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
China  

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

Dialect 3
Showa  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
Not Available  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Mong  

French Name
amharique  
hmong  

German Name
Amharisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
13th century  
19  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Ethiopic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Hmong  

Language Position
55  
40
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
amh  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
amha1245  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Amharic and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Amharic vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Amharic and Hmong language. History of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th century whereas history of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Amharic and Hmong Language History.

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Amharic 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 Amharic and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Hmong language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Amharic vs Hmong Difficulty

The Amharic vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

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