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Tagalog vs Hmong


Hmong vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
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Derived From
Not Available  
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
18  
8
60  
36

Scripts
Baybayin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
Salamat po  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
pakiusap  
thov  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
Paálam  
Not Available  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
310,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
China  

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

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
13
Not Available  

Native Name
Tagalog  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino  
Mong  

French Name
tagalog  
hmong  

German Name
Tagalog  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
1593  
19  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Hmong  

Language Position
58  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
taga1269  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Tagalog and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Tagalog vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Tagalog and Hmong language. History of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593 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 Tagalog and Hmong Language History.

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

Tagalog vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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