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Countries

Countries

China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Iraq, Kurdistan

Total No. Of Countries

52
0 46
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National Language

China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Asia
Middle East

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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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.
  • The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.

Similar To

Thai and Lao Languages
Farsi Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

7433
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

148
0 32
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How Many Consonants

6029
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

94
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks4 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Silaw

Thank You

Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Sipas

How Are You?

Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Tu çawa yî?

Good Night

zoo hmo
Şev xweş

Good Evening

zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Evare baş

Good Afternoon

zoo tav su
Nee-wa-rowt bash

Good Morning

zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Bayanit bash

Please

thov
Bê zehmet

Sorry

Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bibûre

Bye

Nyob zoo
Be xêr çî

I Love You

Kuv hlub koj
Ez te hez dikem

Excuse Me

zam txim rau kuv
Bê zehmet

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hmong Njua
Northern Kurdish

Where They Speak

Laos
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey

How Many People Speak

310,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hmong Daw
Central Kurdish

Where They Speak

China
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran

How Many People Speak

1,600,000.005,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hmong Do
Southern Kurdish

Where They Speak

Vietnam
Eastern Iraq

How Many People Speak

31,000,000.003,000,000.00
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 million28.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.31 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.70 million21.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million20.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Hmong
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди

Alternative Names

Mong
Kurdî, کوردی‎

French Name

hmong
kurde

German Name

Miao-Sprachen
Kurdisch

Pronunciation

[môŋ]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]

Ethnicity

Hmong people
Kurds

History

Origin

19
16th century CE

Language Family

Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Indo-Iranian

Branch

-
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish

Standard Forms

Hmong
Kurdish

Language Position

2414
1 120
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Signed Forms

Hmong Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
ku

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hmn
kur

ISO 639 2/B

hmn
kur

ISO 639 3

hmv
kur

ISO 639 6

hmn
kur

Glottocode

firs1234
kurd1259

Linguasphere

No data available
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Hmong and Kurdish Alphabets

Hmong and Kurdish Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hmong and Kurdish. In Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters while in Kurdish Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Hmong and Kurdish languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hmong and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hmong and Kurdish are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hmong and Kurdish Speaking population

Hmong and Kurdish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Kurdish languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Kurdish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kurdish language is 0.31 %. 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 Kurdish on Hmong vs Kurdish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Kurdish Language Codes

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