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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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