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Hmong vs Japanese


Japanese vs Hmong


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Korean Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
thov  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Not Available  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
37
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
China  
Fukuoka  

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Native Name
Hmong  
日本語  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Not Available  

French Name
hmong  
japonais  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
19  
1185  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Japanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
8  
8

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
firs1234  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Hmong and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Japanese language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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

Hmong vs Japanese Difficulty

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

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