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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  
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Derived From
Not Available  
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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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