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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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