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Hmong vs Dutch


Dutch vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
6   
9

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
60   
36
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
Hallo   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
goedemorgen   

Please
thov   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
sorry   

Bye
Not Available   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
China   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
Hmong   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
hmong   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
19   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
Not Available   
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
dut   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Hmong and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Dutch language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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

Hmong vs Dutch Difficulty

The Hmong vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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