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Hmong vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Hmong


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

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

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  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
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Turkish Language  

Derived From
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Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
13  
10

How Many Consonants
60  
36
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
thov  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
Not Available  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
37
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
China  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
21
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Mongolia  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Not Available  

French Name
hmong  
mongol  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Mongolian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
mon  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
mon  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
firs1234  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 44-BAA-b  

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 Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Mongolian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Mongolian Language History.

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

Hmong vs Mongolian Difficulty

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

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