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Hmong vs Russian


Russian vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
10   
7

How Many Consonants
60   
36
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, 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)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
thov   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Not Available   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
China   
Olonets   

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
Hmong   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Russki   

French Name
hmong   
russe   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Russians   

History

Origin
19   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
rus   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Hmong and Russian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Russian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian Language History.

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

Hmong vs Russian Difficulty

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

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