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Swedish vs Hmong


Hmong vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
5   
10

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

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
14   
11

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
hej   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
tacka dig   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
godnatt   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
god kväll   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
god morgon   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
vänligen   
thov   

Sorry
ledsen   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
hej då   
Not Available   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
China   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
1,600,000.00   
21

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
France   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
Svenska   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Mong   

French Name
suédois   
hmong   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
13th Century   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Hmong   

Language Position
89   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
swe   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Swedish and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Hmong language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century 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 Swedish and Hmong Language History.

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

Swedish vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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