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Hmong vs Swedish


Swedish vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish 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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
74  
38
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
9  
6

How Many Consonants
60  
36
18  
8

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)  
hej  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
hur mår du  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
godnatt  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
god morgon  

Please
thov  
vänligen  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
ledsen  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
hej då  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
China  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
France  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Hmong  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
hmong  
suédois  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
19  
13th Century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
24  
22
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
swe  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
swe  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
swe  

Glottocode
firs1234  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Hmong and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Swedish language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Hmong vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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