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Russian vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
-  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
10  
7

How Many Consonants
60  
36
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic  

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
thov  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

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

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
China  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

Native Name
Hmong  
Русский  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Russki  

French Name
hmong  
russe  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Russians  

History

Origin
19  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
24  
22
7  
7

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
rus  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
rus  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
rus  

Glottocode
firs1234  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hmong and Russian Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Russian language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian Language History.

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

Hmong vs Russian Difficulty

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

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