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Hmong and Cantonese


Cantonese and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
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Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
8   
5

How Many Consonants
60   
36
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
您好   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
你好吗?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
晚安   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
下午好   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
早上好   

Please
thov   
请   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
遗憾   

Bye
Not Available   
再见   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Laos   
outside mainland China   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
China   
Hong Kong   

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
Hmong   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
hmong   
Not Available   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19   
17th century   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Standard Cantonese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Hmong and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hmong and Cantonese Speaking population

Hmong and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Hmong vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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