Home
Languagevs


Indonesian vs Hmong


Hmong vs Indonesian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Malay language  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
14  
11

How Many Consonants
19  
9
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
mohon Untuk  
thov  

Sorry
maaf  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
China  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Mong  

French Name
indonésien  
hmong  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
7th Century  
19  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Hmong  

Language Position
56  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
ind  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
ind  
hmn  

Glottocode
indo1316  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

Countries >>
<< All

Indonesian and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Hmong language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19. 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 Indonesian and Hmong Language History.

Compare Best Languages to Learn

Indonesian and Hmong 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 Indonesian and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Hmong language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Indonesian vs Hmong Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Hmong 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 Indonesian and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

Best Languages to Learn

Best Languages to Learn

» More Best Languages to Learn

Compare Best Languages to Learn

» More Compare Best Languages to Learn