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Hmong vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Hmong


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
9  
6

How Many Consonants
60  
36
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
hallo  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
takk  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
god natt  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
god morgen  

Please
thov  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
unnskyld  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
ha det  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
China  
Sogn  

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Norsk  

French Name
hmong  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
19  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
24  
22
18  
16

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
nor  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
nor  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
nor  

Glottocode
firs1234  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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Hmong and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Norwegian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Hmong vs Norwegian Difficulty

The Hmong vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.

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