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Hmong and Kurdish


Kurdish and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Iraq, Kurdistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Middle East   

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.
  
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Farsi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
8   
5

How Many Consonants
60   
36
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
Silaw   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
Sipas   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
Tu çawa yî?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
Şev xweş   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
Evare baş   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
Nee-wa-rowt bash   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
Bayanit bash   

Please
thov   
Bê zehmet   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
Bibûre   

Bye
Not Available   
Be xêr çî   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
Ez te hez dikem   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
Bê zehmet   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Northern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Laos   
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
20,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Central Kurdish   

Where They Speak
China   
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Southern Kurdish   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Eastern Iraq   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
12

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.31 %   
39

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
21.00 million   
36

Native Name
Hmong   
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Not Available   

French Name
hmong   
kurde   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Kurdisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Kurds   

History

Origin
19   
16th century CE   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Kurdish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ku   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
kur   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
kur   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
kur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
kurd1259   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Hmong and Kurdish Speaking population

Hmong and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Hmong vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Kurdish Language Codes

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

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