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Hmong vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
5   
10

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

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
14   
11

How Many Consonants
22   
12
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hola   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
Gracias   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
Por Favor   
thov   

Sorry
triste   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
adiós   
Not Available   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
China   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
1,600,000.00   
21

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
Not Available   

Native Name
Español   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Mong   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
hmong   

German Name
Spanisch   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
210 BC   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Hmong   

Language Position
2   
2
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
spa   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Spanish and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Hmong language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Hmong Language History.

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

Spanish vs Hmong Difficulty

The Spanish vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

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