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Hmong vs Konkani


Konkani vs Hmong


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Marathi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
16  
13

How Many Consonants
60  
36
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Not Available  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
thov  
Chike  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Maf kor  

Bye
Not Available  
Adeus  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
37
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Not present  

Where They Speak
China  
Not Available  

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
hmong  
konkani  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
19  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Kokani  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
kok  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
firs1234  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Hmong and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Konkani language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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

Hmong vs Konkani Difficulty

The Hmong vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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