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Hmong and Maithili


Maithili and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
8   
5

How Many Consonants
60   
36
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
pranam   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
Suprabhaat   

Please
thov   
kripaya   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
maf karai   

Bye
Not Available   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
China   
North India   

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Hmong   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
hmong   
maithili   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Maithil   

History

Origin
19   
14th century   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European 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 Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
mai   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
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Not Available   

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

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Hmong and Maithili Speaking population

Hmong and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Maithili on Hmong vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Maithili Language Codes

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

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