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Hmong vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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 most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
60   
36
24   
14

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
Hai   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
terima kasih   

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

Good Night
zoo hmo   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
Selamat pagi   

Please
thov   
sila   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
maaf   

Bye
Not Available   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
China   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
Hmong   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Not Available   

French Name
hmong   
malais   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
may   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Hmong and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Malaysian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Hmong vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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