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Malaysian vs Hmong


Hmong vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
14  
11

How Many Consonants
24  
14
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
terima kasih  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

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

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
sila  
thov  

Sorry
maaf  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
China  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia  
Mong  

French Name
malais  
hmong  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Malaysian people  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
19  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Hmong  

Language Position
54  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
may  
hmn  

Glottocode
stan1306  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Malaysian and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Hmong language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD 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 Malaysian and Hmong Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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