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Maithili and Hmong


Hmong and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  
  • 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
Bhojpuri Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
14   
11

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
60   
36

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
kripaya   
thov   

Sorry
maf karai   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
Alavidā   
Not Available   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
North India   
China   

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

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Mong   

French Name
maithili   
hmong   

German Name
Maithili   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
14th century   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Hmong   

Language Position
40   
31
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
mai   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Maithili and Hmong Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Maithili and Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maithili and Hmong Speaking population

Maithili and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Maithili and Hmong on Maithili vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Hmong Language Codes

Maithili and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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