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Hmong and Punjabi


Punjabi and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Hindi Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
9   
6

How Many Consonants
60   
36
41   
30

Scripts
Latin   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   

Please
thov   
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   

Bye
Not Available   
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Pothohari   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
2,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Saraiki   

Where They Speak
China   
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
20,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Doabi   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Pakistan, Punjab, India   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
1.44 %   
11

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
100.00 million   
11

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
54.30 million   
12

Native Name
Hmong   
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   

French Name
hmong   
pendjabi   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Pandschabi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Availble   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Punjabis   

History

Origin
19   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Modern Punjabi   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
pa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
pan   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
pan   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
pan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
panj1256   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Hmong and Punjabi Speaking population

Hmong and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Hmong vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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