Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
thov
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Not Available
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
Hmong
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
hmong
  
malgache
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
19
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
firs1234
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Hmong and Malagasy Speaking population
Hmong and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Hmong vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hmong and Malagasy Language Codes
Hmong and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hmong and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.