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Hmong vs Filipino


Filipino vs Hmong


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
-  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
23  
13

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Kumusta  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Salamat  

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

Good Night
zoo hmo  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Magandang umaga  

Please
thov  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
Paalam  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
100,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
China  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
8,200,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
2,600,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.74 %  
11

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
Hmong  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Pilipino  

French Name
hmong  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Filipino people  

History

Origin
19  
16th Century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Filipino  

Language Position
24  
22
34  
32

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Filipino Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
fil  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
fil  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
fil  

Glottocode
firs1234  
fili1244  

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 Filipino Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Filipino language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Filipino Language History.

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

Hmong vs Filipino Difficulty

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

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