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Chinese and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
-  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  

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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Japanese and Korean Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
24  
19

How Many Consonants
60  
36
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
thov  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Laos  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Wu  

Where They Speak
China  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
80,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
60,000,000.00  
12

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
Hmong  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Zhongwen, Hanyu  

French Name
hmong  
chinois  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Han  

History

Origin
19  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
24  
22
1  
1

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
chi  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
zho  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
zho  

Glottocode
firs1234  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Hmong and Chinese Speaking population

Hmong and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Hmong vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Chinese Language Codes

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

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