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Amharic and Hmong


Hmong and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
14  
11

How Many Consonants
31  
21
60  
36

Scripts
Ethiopic  
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  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
i'bakwon  
thov  

Sorry
aznallehu  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
tschao  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
China  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Showa  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Mong  

French Name
amharique  
hmong  

German Name
Amharisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
13th century  
19  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Hmong  

Language Position
55  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
amh  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
amh  
hmn  

Glottocode
amha1245  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Amharic and Hmong Speaking population

Amharic and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Hmong on Amharic vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Hmong Language Codes

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

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