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Hmong and Vietnamese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
5   
10

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

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
14   
11

How Many Consonants
21   
11
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
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
Xin chào   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
Cam on   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
xin vui lòng   
thov   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
Not Available   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
China   

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

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
Not Available   

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Mong   

French Name
vietnamien   
hmong   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
19   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Hmong   

Language Position
14   
13
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
vie   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Hmong Speaking population

Vietnamese and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Hmong on Vietnamese vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Hmong Language Codes

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

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