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Hmong vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
60   
36
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
Halo   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
thov   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
maaf   

Bye
Not Available   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
China   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Hmong   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
hmong   
indonésien   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
19   
7th Century   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
ind   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Hmong and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Indonesian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Hmong vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Hmong vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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