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Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Dutch Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
15  
12

How Many Consonants
60  
36
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
hallo  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Dankie  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Hoe gaan dit  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
goeie nag  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Goeienaand  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Goeie middag  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
goeie more  

Please
thov  
asseblief  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
jammer  

Bye
Not Available  
Not Available  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Not Available  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
37
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
China  
Not Available  

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Namibia  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
10.30 million  
22

Native Name
Hmong  
Afrikaans  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Cape Dutch  

French Name
hmong  
afrikaans  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Afrikaans  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Afrikaners  

History

Origin
19  
17th Century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Standard Afrikaans  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
afr  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
afr  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
afrs  

Glottocode
firs1234  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic  

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Hmong and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Afrikaans language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hmong and Afrikaans Language History.

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Hmong and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hmong and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Afrikaans language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hmong vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Hmong vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hmong and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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