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Persian vs Hmong


Hmong vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
  • 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
14  
11

How Many Consonants
23  
13
60  
36

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
لطفا  
thov  

Sorry
متاسف  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Not Available  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
310,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
China  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
1,600,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
3.70 million  
99+

Native Name
فارسی  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Mong  

French Name
persan  
hmong  

German Name
Persisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Hmong  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
pes  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Persian and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Hmong language. History of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Persian and Hmong Language History.

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

Persian vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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