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Burmese vs Hmong


Hmong vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • 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
Thai Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
14  
11

How Many Consonants
33  
23
60  
36

Scripts
Tangut  
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
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
thov  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Not Available  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
310,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
China  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
1,600,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Intha  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Mong  

French Name
birman  
hmong  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
19  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Hmong  

Language Position
43  
32
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
mya  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Burmese and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Hmong language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD 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 Burmese and Hmong Language History.

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

Burmese vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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