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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
-  
-  

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
Thai and Lao Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
-  
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  
17
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
Nyob zoo  
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  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
China  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
130,000,000.00  
3

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 %  
12

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
54.30 million  
17

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
[môŋ]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
19  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
24  
22
23  
21

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
pan  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
pan  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
panj  

Glottocode
firs1234  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
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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