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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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