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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  
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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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