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Hmong
Hmong

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Malagasy



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Countries

Countries

China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

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

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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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Thai and Lao Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

7421
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

145
0 32
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How Many Consonants

6020
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

93
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Salama!

Thank You

Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Misaotra

How Are You?

Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

zoo hmo
Alina tsara

Good Evening

zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

zoo tav su
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Maraina tsara

Please

thov
azafady

Sorry

Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Miala tsiny

Bye

Nyob zoo
Veloma!

I Love You

Kuv hlub koj
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

zam txim rau kuv
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hmong Njua
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Laos
Merina

How Many People Speak

310,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hmong Daw
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

China
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

1,600,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hmong Do
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Vietnam
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How Many People Speak

31,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

62
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

4.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.70 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Hmong
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Mong
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

hmong
malgache

German Name

Miao-Sprachen
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[môŋ]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Hmong people
Malagasy people

History

Origin

19
1000 AD

Language Family

Hmong–Mien Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

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Austronesian

Branch

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Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Hmong
standard Malagasy

Language Position

2484
1 120
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Signed Forms

Hmong Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hmn
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

hmn
mlg

ISO 639 3

hmv
mlg

ISO 639 6

hmn
mlg

Glottocode

firs1234
mala1537

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

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Hmong and Malagasy Alphabets

Hmong and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hmong and Malagasy. In Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Hmong and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hmong and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hmong and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hmong and Malagasy Speaking population

Hmong and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Hmong vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Malagasy Language Codes

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