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Hmong and Amharic


Amharic and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Amharic-1.jpg#200  

Alphabets
74  
38
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
7  
4

How Many Consonants
60  
36
31  
21

Scripts
Latin  
Ethiopic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Selam  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
amesege'nallo'  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Dehina newot?  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Dehna dur  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
melkam meshe't  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
i'ndemin walu  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
i'ndemin adäru  

Please
thov  
i'bakwon  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
aznallehu  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
tschao  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
afekirishalehu  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
yiqirta  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Gondar  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Gondar  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Gojjami  

Where They Speak
China  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Showa  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Ethiopia  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
22,000,000.00  
22

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.37 %  
37

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
10.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
አማርኛ  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  

French Name
hmong  
amharique  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Amharisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[amarɨɲɲa]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Amharas  

History

Origin
19  
13th century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Semitic  

Branch
-  
Ethiopic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ge'ez  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Amharic  

Language Position
24  
22
55  
99+

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Signed Amharic  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
am  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
amh  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
amh  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
amh  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
amh  

Glottocode
firs1234  
amha1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Hmong and Amharic Speaking population

Hmong and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Hmong vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Amharic Language Codes

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

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