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Hmong and Amharic


Amharic and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
74   
38
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
7   
4

How Many Consonants
60   
36
31   
21

Scripts
Latin   
Ethiopic   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
Selam   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
thov   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
aznallehu   

Bye
Not Available   
tschao   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Gondar   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
China   
Ethiopia   

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
Hmong   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
hmong   
amharique   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Amharas   

History

Origin
19   
13th century   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Amharic   

Language Position
Not Available   
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
amh   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Hmong and Amharic Speaking population

Hmong and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Hmong vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Amharic Language Codes

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

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