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Hmong and Burmese


Burmese and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Myanmar  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Mon  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Myanmar Language Commission  

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.
  
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Thai Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Pali Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
12  
9

How Many Consonants
60  
36
33  
23

Scripts
Latin  
Tangut  

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)  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  

Please
thov  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  

Bye
Not Available  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Arakanese  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
37
2,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Tavoyan  

Where They Speak
China  
Myanmar  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
21
440,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Intha  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Burma  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
43.00 million  
30

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.00 million  
23

Native Name
Hmong  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  

French Name
hmong  
birman  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Birmanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Bamar people  

History

Origin
19  
1113 AD  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Modern Burmese  

Language Position
Not Available  
43  
32

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Burmese sign language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
my  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
mya  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
bur  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
mya  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
firs1234  
sout3159  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Hmong and Burmese Speaking population

Hmong and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Burmese on Hmong vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Burmese Language Codes

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

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