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Portuguese and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
10   
6

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
9   
6

How Many Consonants
60   
36
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
Olá   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
Como você está?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
boa noite   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
bom Dia   

Please
thov   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
pesaroso   

Bye
Not Available   
tchau   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
European Portuguese   

Where They Speak
China   
Portugal   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
Hmong   
Português   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Português   

French Name
hmong   
portugais   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
19   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Portuguese   

Language Position
Not Available   
6   
6

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Portuguese   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
por   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
port1283   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Hmong and Portuguese Speaking population

Hmong and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. 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 Portuguese on Hmong vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Portuguese Language Codes

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

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