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Hmong vs Amharic


Amharic vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
74  
38
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
7  
4

How Many Consonants
60  
36
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
37
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  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.37 %  
35

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  

History

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  
55  
40

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

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  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional  

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Hmong and Amharic Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Amharic language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Amharic language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Amharic language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Amharic Language History.

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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.

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