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Hmong and Japanese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Asia  

Minority Language
Palau  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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
Korean Language  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
14  
4
60  
36

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
thov  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
China  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Mong  

French Name
japonais  
hmong  

German Name
Japanisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
1185  
19  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Hmong  

Language Position
8  
8
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
hmn  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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All Japanese and Hmong Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Japanese and Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Hmong Speaking population

Japanese and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Japanese and Hmong on Japanese vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Hmong Language Codes

Japanese and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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