Home
Languagevs


Hmong and Sinhalese


Sinhalese and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Sri Lanka  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)  

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.
  
  • In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
  • Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Maldivian Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
54  
33

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
18  
15

How Many Consonants
60  
36
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Sinhala alphabet  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
හලෝ (halō)  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)  

Please
thov  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
බායි (bāyi)  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Vedda  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Sri Lanka  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Sri Lankan Sinhala  

Where They Speak
China  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
19,000,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Up-Country Sinhalese  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
-  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
16.00 million  
39

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
සිංහල (sĩhala)  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala  

French Name
hmong  
singhalais  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Singhalesisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Sinhalese people  

History

Origin
19  
3  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Sinhalese Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Modern Sinhalese  

Language Position
24  
22
70  
99+

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Signed Sinhalese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
si  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
sin  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
sin  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
sin  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
sin  

Glottocode
firs1234  
sinh1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Hmong and Sinhalese Speaking population

Hmong and Sinhalese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Sinhalese languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Sinhalese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sinhalese language is 0.25 %. 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 Sinhalese on Hmong vs Sinhalese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Sinhalese Language Codes

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

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages