Home
Languagevs


Arabic vs Hmong


Hmong vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
5  
10

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
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  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
14  
11

How Many Consonants
28  
18
60  
36

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
شكرا  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
من فضلك  
thov  

Sorry
آسف  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
وداعا  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
أحبك  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
China  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Mong  

French Name
arabe  
hmong  

German Name
Arabisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
512 CE  
19  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Hmong  

Language Position
25  
23
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
ara  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
ara  
hmn  

Glottocode
arab1395  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

Countries >>
<< All

Arabic and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Hmong language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Hmong Language History.

Compare Most Spoken Languages

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

Arabic vs Hmong Difficulty

The Arabic vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

Most Spoken Languages

Most Spoken Languages

» More Most Spoken Languages

Compare Most Spoken Languages

» More Compare Most Spoken Languages