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Japanese vs Hmong


Hmong vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific   
Asia   

Minority Language
Palau   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Korean Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99   
40
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
14   
11

How Many Consonants
14   
4
60   
36

Scripts
Kana   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   
thov   

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)   
Not Available   

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Kagawa   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00   
28
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Hakata   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Fukuoka   
China   

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

Dialect 3
Kansai   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
kansai   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million   
9
3.70 million   
99+

Native Name
日本語   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Mong   

French Name
japonais   
hmong   

German Name
Japanisch   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
1185   
19   

Language Family
Japonic Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Japanese   
Hmong   

Language Position
8   
8
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ja   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
jpn   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
jpn   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1643   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Japanese and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Hmong language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Japanese and Hmong Language History.

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Japanese and Hmong 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 Japanese and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Hmong language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Hmong Difficulty

The Japanese vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese Alphabets and Hmong 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 Japanese and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

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