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Chinese and Hmong


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
5   
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
24   
19

How Many Consonants
60   
36
23   
13

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
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
您好 (Nín hǎo)   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   

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

Good Night
zoo hmo   
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
早安 (Zǎo ān)   

Please
thov   
请 (Qǐng)   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   

Bye
Not Available   
再见 (Zàijiàn)   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
劳驾 (Láojià)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Mandarin   

Where They Speak
Laos   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
960,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Wu   

Where They Speak
China   
China, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
80,000,000.00   
1

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Yue   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
60,000,000.00   
2

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
1,051.00 million   
2

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
873.00 million   
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
178.00 million   
3

Native Name
Hmong   
中文 (zhōngwén)   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Not Available   

French Name
hmong   
chinois   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Chinesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Han   

History

Origin
19   
1250 BC   

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 Chinese   

Language Position
Not Available   
1   
1

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
zh   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
zho   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
chi   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
zho   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
sini1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
79-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating   

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

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Hmong and Chinese Speaking population

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

Hmong and Chinese Language Codes

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

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