Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Ethiopia
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
thov
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Not Available
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
Hmong
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
hmong
  
amharique
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Amharas
  
Origin
19
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
  
Hmong and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Amharic language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Amharic Difficulty
The Hmong vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.