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Hmong vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Thailand  

Regulated By
-  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
6  
3

How Many Consonants
60  
36
24  
14

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Hai  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
terima kasih  

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

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Selamat pagi  

Please
thov  
sila  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
maaf  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
China  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
Hmong  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
hmong  
malais  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
19  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
24  
22
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
may  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
may  

Glottocode
firs1234  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Hmong and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Malaysian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Hmong vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Hmong vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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