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Hmong vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Hawaii   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Chinese Language   

Derived From
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Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
8   
5

How Many Consonants
60   
36
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
您好   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
谢谢   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
你好吗?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
晚安   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
晚上好   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
下午好   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
早上好   

Please
thov   
请   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
遗憾   

Bye
Not Available   
再见   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
我爱你   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
原谅我   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Guangzhou   

Where They Speak
Laos   
outside mainland China   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Xiguan   

Where They Speak
China   
Hong Kong   

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Hong Kong   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Hong Kong   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
Hmong   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
hmong   
Not Available   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19   
17th century   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Standard Cantonese   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Hmong and Cantonese Language History

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

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Hmong and Cantonese 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 Cantonese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Cantonese language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Cantonese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Cantonese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hmong vs Cantonese Difficulty

The Hmong vs Cantonese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Cantonese 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 Cantonese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Cantonese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Cantonese time required is 88 weeks.

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