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German vs Hmong


Hmong vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
5   
10

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

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
14   
11

How Many Consonants
9   
1
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
Danke   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
bitte   
thov   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
Tschüs   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Germany   
China   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
1,600,000.00   
21

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

Native Name
Deutsch   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Mong   

French Name
allemand   
hmong   

German Name
Deutsch   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Hmong   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
deu   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Hmong Language History

Comparison of German vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of German and Hmong language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 German and Hmong Language History.

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

German vs Hmong Difficulty

The German vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

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