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Hmong vs Basque


Basque vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
France, Spain  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

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

Regulated By
-  
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
  
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Spanish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Kaixo  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Eskerrik asko  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Zer moduz?  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Gabon  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Arratsalde on  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Arratsalde on  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Egun on  

Please
thov  
Mesedez  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Barkatu  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
Agur  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Maite zaitut  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Barkatu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Navarro-Lapurdian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
France  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
68,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Souletin  

Where They Speak
China  
France, Soule, Spain  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
8,700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Biscayan  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Spain  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
750,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
7.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
0.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
Euskara  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense  

French Name
hmong  
basque  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Baskisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[bɑːsk]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Basque people  

History

Origin
19  
c. 1000  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Vasconic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Basque  

Language Position
24  
22
30  
28

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Basque Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
eu  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
eus  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
baq  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
eus  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
eus  

Glottocode
firs1234  
basq1248  

Linguasphere
No data available  
40-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Hmong and Basque Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Basque language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Basque language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Basque language states that this language originated in c. 1000. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hmong and Basque Language History.

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Hmong and Basque Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hmong and Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Basque language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hmong vs Basque Difficulty

The Hmong vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Basque Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hmong and Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.

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