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Hmong vs Chinese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
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Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
14  
11

How Many Consonants
23  
13
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
6  
5
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

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

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
thov  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
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I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
310,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Wu  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
China  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
1
1,600,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Yue  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Mong  

French Name
chinois  
hmong  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Han  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
19  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
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Branch
Not Available  
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Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Hmong  

Language Position
1  
1
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
zho  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
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Glottocode
sini1245  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
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Chinese and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Hmong language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Hmong Language History.

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

Chinese vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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