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Hmong and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Sri Lanka   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   

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.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Maldivian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
54   
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
18   
15

How Many Consonants
60   
36
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Sinhala alphabet   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
හලෝ (halō)   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   

Please
thov   
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   

Bye
Not Available   
බායි (bāyi)   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Vedda   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Sri Lanka   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
China   
Not Available   

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
1   
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
16.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
16.00 million   
39

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.00 million   
34

Native Name
Hmong   
සිංහල (sĩhala)   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   

French Name
hmong   
singhalais   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Singhalesisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Sinhalese people   

History

Origin
19   
3   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Sinhalese Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Modern Sinhalese   

Language Position
Not Available   
70   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
si   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
sin   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
sin   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
sin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
sinh1246   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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All Hmong and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and Sinhalese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas Sinhalese Dialects are spoken in different Sinhalese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs Sinhalese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda , Not Available. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hmong and Sinhalese Speaking population

Hmong and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sinhalese on Hmong vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

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