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Hmong vs 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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Greek and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Hmong language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Hmong Language History.

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

Greek vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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