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Dzongkha vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
30  
20

Scripts
Latin  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
thov  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
China  
Bhutan  

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
hmong  
dzongkha  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
19  
17th Century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
24  
22
31  
29

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
dzo  

Glottocode
firs1234  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Hmong and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Dzongkha language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th 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 Dzongkha Language History.

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

Hmong vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Hmong vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.

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