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Finnish vs Hmong


Hmong vs Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
14   
11

How Many Consonants
13   
3
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
haluta   
thov   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
Heippa   
Not Available   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
China   

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

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.40 million   
99+
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Suomi   
Mong   

French Name
finnois   
hmong   

German Name
Finnisch   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
1543   
19   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Hmong   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
fin   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Finnish and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Finnish vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Finnish and Hmong language. History of Finnish language states that this language originated in 1543 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 Finnish and Hmong Language History.

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

Finnish vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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