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Hmong vs Santali


Santali 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  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
6  
3

How Many Consonants
60  
36
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Henda ho  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Not Available  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Boge Setak’  

Please
thov  
Not Available  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Not Available  

Bye
Not Available  
Not Available  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Laos  
India  

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+
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
6.30 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
hmong  
santal  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
19  
20th century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Santali  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
sat  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
firs1234  
sant1410  

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 Santali Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Santali language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Santali language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Santali language states that this language originated in 20th century. 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 Santali Language History.

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

Hmong vs Santali Difficulty

The Hmong vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Santali 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 Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is Not Available.

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