Cantonese and Hmong
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
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
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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 in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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 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
Sorry
遗憾
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
I Love You
我爱你
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
原谅我
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Laos
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Xiguan
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
China
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Hmong
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Mong
French Name
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hmong
German Name
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Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
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Hmong people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Hmong
Signed Forms
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Scope
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Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
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ISO 639 2/B
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ISO 639 3
No data available
hmv
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
cant1236
firs1234
Linguasphere
No data available
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Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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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.
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.
