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Cantonese and Hmong


Hmong and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
China, Guangdong   
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
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
14   
11

How Many Consonants
20   
10
60   
36

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
谢谢   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
晚安   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
晚上好   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
早上好   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
请   
thov   

Sorry
遗憾   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
再见   
Not Available   

I Love You
我爱你   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
China   

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

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
3.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Mong   

French Name
Not Available   
hmong   

German Name
Not Available   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
17th century   
19   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
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Branch
Not Available   
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Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Hmong   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
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Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese and Hmong Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Cantonese and Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Cantonese and Hmong Speaking population

Cantonese and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Cantonese and Hmong on Cantonese vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Hmong Language Codes

Cantonese and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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