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Hmong and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
15   
12

How Many Consonants
60   
36
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
hallo   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
goeie more   

Please
thov   
asseblief   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
jammer   

Bye
Not Available   
Not Available   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
China   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
Hmong   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
hmong   
afrikaans   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
19   
17th Century   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Standard Afrikaans   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
afr   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
firs1234   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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All Hmong and Afrikaans 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 Hmong and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hmong and Afrikaans Speaking population

Hmong and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Hmong and Afrikaans on Hmong vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Afrikaans Language Codes

Hmong and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hmong and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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