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Hmong vs German


German vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
7  
8

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
10  
7

How Many Consonants
60  
36
9  
1

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
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
hallo  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Danke  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
guten Morgen  

Please
thov  
bitte  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Not Available  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
37
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
China  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
21
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
Hmong  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
hmong  
allemand  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Germans  

History

Origin
19  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
ger  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
firs1234  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hmong and German Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and German language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Hmong vs German Difficulty

The Hmong vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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