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Maithili and Hmong


Hmong and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  
  • 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
Bhojpuri Language  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
14  
11

How Many Consonants
22  
12
60  
36

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
kripaya  
thov  

Sorry
maf karai  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
Alavidā  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
North India  
China  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Mong  

French Name
maithili  
hmong  

German Name
Maithili  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
14th century  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Hmong  

Language Position
40  
37
24  
22

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
mai  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
mai  
hmn  

Glottocode
mait1250  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Maithili 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 Maithili and Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maithili and Hmong Speaking population

Maithili and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % 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 Maithili and Hmong on Maithili vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Hmong Language Codes

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

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