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Hmong vs Persian


Persian vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
3   
12

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
6   
3

How Many Consonants
60   
36
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
سلام   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
صبح به خیر   

Please
thov   
لطفا   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
متاسف   

Bye
Not Available   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Dari Persian   

Where They Speak
China   
Afganistan   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Native Name
Hmong   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Mong   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
hmong   
persan   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Persian people   

History

Origin
19   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Persian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Persian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
per   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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Hmong and Persian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Persian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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

Hmong vs Persian Difficulty

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

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