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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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