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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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