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Sinhalese and Hmong


Hmong and Sinhalese


Countries

Countries
Sri Lanka   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

National Language
Sri Lanka   
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Second Language
Sri Lanka   
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
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
  • 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
Maldivian Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
54   
33
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
18   
15
14   
11

How Many Consonants
36   
26
60   
36

Scripts
Sinhala alphabet   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
හලෝ (halō)   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)   
thov   

Sorry
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
බායි (bāyi)   
Not Available   

I Love You
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Vedda   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Sri Lanka   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Not Available   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
China   

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

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
16.00 million   
39
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.00 million   
34
Not Available   

Native Name
සිංහල (sĩhala)   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala   
Mong   

French Name
singhalais   
hmong   

German Name
Singhalesisch   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sinhalese people   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
3   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Sinhalese Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Sinhalese   
Hmong   

Language Position
70   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
si   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sin   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
sin   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
sin   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sinh1246   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese and Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Sinhalese and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sinhalese are spoken in different Sinhalese Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sinhalese vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sinhalese dialects include: Vedda, Not Available. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sinhalese and Hmong Speaking population

Sinhalese and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sinhalese and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Sinhalese and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 % 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 Sinhalese and Hmong on Sinhalese vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sinhalese and Hmong Language Codes

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

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