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Hmong vs Ilocano


Ilocano 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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
6  
3

How Many Consonants
60  
36
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Agyamanak  

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

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
thov  
mangngegda  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
Pakada  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
China  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Hmong  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
hmong  
ilocano  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
19  
18th Century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
24  
22
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
ilo  

Glottocode
firs1234  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
No data available  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Hmong and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Ilocano language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Hmong vs Ilocano Difficulty

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

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