Countries
Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
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Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
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Dutch Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7432
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
1415
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6017
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
93
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
hallo
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Dankie
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
zoo hmo
goeie nag
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Goeie middag
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
goeie more
Please
thov
asseblief
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
jammer
Bye
Nyob zoo
Totsiens
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Verskoon my
Dialects
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Laos
-
How Many People Speak
310,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
China
-
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Namibia
How Many People Speak
31,000,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Mong
Cape Dutch
French Name
hmong
afrikaans
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[môŋ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Afrikaners
History
Origin
19
17th Century
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Hmong
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
2423
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hmn
afr
ISO 639 2/B
hmn
afr
ISO 639 3
hmv
afr
ISO 639 6
hmn
afrs
Glottocode
firs1234
afri1274
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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Analytic