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Hmong vs Spanish


Spanish vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
46   
1

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

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
French Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
5   
2

How Many Consonants
60   
36
22   
12

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
hola   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
Gracias   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
Buenos Días   

Please
thov   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
triste   

Bye
Not Available   
adiós   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
China   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
Hmong   
Español   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
hmong   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19   
210 BC   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
Not Available   
2   
2

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
spa   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Hmong and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Spanish language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Hmong vs Spanish Difficulty

The Hmong vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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