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Hmong vs Serbian


Serbian vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
thov  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Not Available  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
37
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
China  
Serbia  

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Montenegrin  

French Name
hmong  
serbe  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
19  
11th Century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
srp  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
firs1234  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
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Hmong and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Serbian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Serbian Language History.

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

Hmong vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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