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Hmong vs Kurdish


Kurdish vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Iraq, Kurdistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Middle East  

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

Regulated By
-  
-  

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 vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
  • In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Farsi Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
8  
5

How Many Consonants
60  
36
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Silaw  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Sipas  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Tu çawa yî?  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Şev xweş  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Evare baş  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Nee-wa-rowt bash  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Bayanit bash  

Please
thov  
Bê zehmet  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Bibûre  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
Be xêr çî  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Ez te hez dikem  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Bê zehmet  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Northern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Laos  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Central Kurdish  

Where They Speak
China  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Southern Kurdish  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Eastern Iraq  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.31 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
20.00 million  
30

Native Name
Hmong  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Kurdî, کوردی‎  

French Name
hmong  
kurde  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Kurdisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[kʊɾdɪʃ]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Kurds  

History

Origin
19  
16th century CE  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Kurdish  

Language Position
24  
22
14  
13

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Kurdish Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ku  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
kur  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
kur  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
kur  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
kur  

Glottocode
firs1234  
kurd1259  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Hmong and Kurdish Language History

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

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

Hmong vs Kurdish Difficulty

The Hmong vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.

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