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Arabic vs Hmong


Hmong vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
5   
10

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
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   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
14   
11

How Many Consonants
28   
18
60   
36

Scripts
Arabic   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
شكرا   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
من فضلك   
thov   

Sorry
آسف   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
وداعا   
Not Available   

I Love You
أحبك   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
China   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
1,600,000.00   
21

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Mong   

French Name
arabe   
hmong   

German Name
Arabisch   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
512 CE   
19   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Hmong   

Language Position
25   
21
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
ara   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Arabic and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Hmong language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Hmong Language History.

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

Arabic vs Hmong Difficulty

The Arabic vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

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