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Portuguese vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
10  
6

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
9  
6

How Many Consonants
60  
36
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Olá  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Como você está?  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
boa noite  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
bom Dia  

Please
thov  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
pesaroso  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
tchau  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
204,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
China  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
10,000,000.00  
37

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
4,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
Hmong  
Português  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Português  

French Name
hmong  
portugais  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
19  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Portuguese  

Language Position
24  
22
6  
6

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
por  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
por  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
por  

Glottocode
firs1234  
port1283  

Linguasphere
No data available  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Hmong and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Portuguese language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Hmong vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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