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Korean vs Hmong


Hmong vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
5  
10

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
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  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
14  
11

How Many Consonants
19  
9
60  
36

Scripts
Hangul  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
thov  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Not Available  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
310,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
China  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
1,600,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
3.70 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Mong  

French Name
coréen  
hmong  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
19  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Hmong  

Language Position
12  
11
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Korean and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Hmong language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century 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 Korean and Hmong Language History.

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

Korean vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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