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Hmong vs Persian


Persian vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
3  
12

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
-  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
6  
3

How Many Consonants
60  
36
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
سلام  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
متشکرم  

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

Good Night
zoo hmo  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
صبح به خیر  

Please
thov  
لطفا  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
متاسف  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
China  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Hmong  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Mong  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
hmong  
persan  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
19  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Persian  

Language Position
24  
22
23  
21

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
per  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
pes  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
pers  

Glottocode
firs1234  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Hmong and Persian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Persian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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

Hmong vs Persian Difficulty

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

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