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Bengali vs Hmong


Hmong vs Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
5   
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
  • 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
Assamese and Oriya   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51   
30
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
14   
11

How Many Consonants
40   
29
60   
36

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   
thov   

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   
Not Available   

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
330,000.00   
36
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Hajong   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
China   

How Many People Speak
71,000.00   
36
1,600,000.00   
21

Dialect 3
Rarhi   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
India   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million   
9
4.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %   
8
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million   
7
3.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million   
16
Not Available   

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   
Mong   

French Name
bengali   
hmong   

German Name
Bengali   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
Not available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE   
19   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Bengali   
Hmong   

Language Position
4   
4
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
bn   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
ben   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
ben   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
beng1280   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Bengali and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Bengali vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Bengali and Hmong language. History of Bengali language states that this language originated in 1000–1200 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 Bengali and Hmong Language History.

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

Bengali vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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