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Hmong vs Croatian


Croatian vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
9  
7

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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 croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
bok  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
hvala  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
kako si  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
laku noć  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
dobro jutro  

Please
thov  
molim  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Oprostite  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
China  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Hrvatski  

French Name
hmong  
croate  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Croats  

History

Origin
19  
9th century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
24  
22
23  
21

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
hrv  

Glottocode
firs1234  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hmong and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Croatian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. 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 Croatian Language History.

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Hmong and Croatian 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 Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Croatian language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hmong vs Croatian Difficulty

The Hmong vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Croatian 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 Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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