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Hmong and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
14  
11

How Many Consonants
17  
7
60  
36

Scripts
Arabic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
thov  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Griko  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Italy  
China  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ελληνικά  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Mong  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
hmong  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Hmong  

Language Position
74  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
ell  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
ells  
hmn  

Glottocode
gree1276  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Greek and Hmong Speaking population

Greek and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Hmong on Greek vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Hmong Language Codes

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

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