Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
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 in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
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
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
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.