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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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