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Countries

Countries

China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Namibia, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Regulated By

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Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee

Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.

Similar To

Thai and Lao Languages
Dutch Language

Derived From

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Dutch Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

7432
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1415
0 32
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How Many Consonants

6017
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

93
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
hallo

Thank You

Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Dankie

How Are You?

Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Hoe gaan dit

Good Night

zoo hmo
goeie nag

Good Evening

zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Goeienaand

Good Afternoon

zoo tav su
Goeie middag

Good Morning

zoo thaum sawv ntxov
goeie more

Please

thov
asseblief

Sorry

Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
jammer

Bye

Nyob zoo
Totsiens

I Love You

Kuv hlub koj
Ek het jou lief

Excuse Me

zam txim rau kuv
Verskoon my

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hmong Njua
Kaapse Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Laos
-

How Many People Speak

310,000.007,700,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hmong Daw
Oranjeriverafrikaans

Where They Speak

China
-

How Many People Speak

1,600,000.007,700,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hmong Do
Baster Afrikaans

Where They Speak

Vietnam
Namibia

How Many People Speak

31,000,000.007.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

63
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

4.00 million19.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.03 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.70 million7.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million10.30 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Hmong
Afrikaans

Alternative Names

Mong
Cape Dutch

French Name

hmong
afrikaans

German Name

Miao-Sprachen
Afrikaans

Pronunciation

[môŋ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]

Ethnicity

Hmong people
Afrikaners

History

Origin

19
17th Century

Language Family

Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

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Germanic

Branch

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Western

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch

Standard Forms

Hmong
Standard Afrikaans

Language Position

2423
1 120
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Signed Forms

Hmong Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
af

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hmn
afr

ISO 639 2/B

hmn
afr

ISO 639 3

hmv
afr

ISO 639 6

hmn
afrs

Glottocode

firs1234
afri1274

Linguasphere

No data available
52-ACB-ba

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic

Hmong and Afrikaans Alphabets

Hmong and Afrikaans Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hmong and Afrikaans. In Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters while in Afrikaans Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Hmong and Afrikaans languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hmong and Afrikaans languages. The Hmong phonology consist Hmong vowels and Hmong consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Hmong greetings vs Afrikaans greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hmong and Afrikaans are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hmong and Afrikaans Speaking population

Hmong and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Hmong and Afrikaans on Hmong vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Afrikaans Language Codes

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