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Maltese vs Hmong


Hmong vs Maltese


Countries

Countries
European Union, Malta  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Malta  
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
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
  • Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
  • 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
Western Arabic Dialects  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
Roman Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
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
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ħello  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
Grazzi  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Kif int?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
Jekk jogħġbok  
thov  

Sorry
Skużani!  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
Ċaw  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
Skużi!  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qormi  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Malta  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
520,000.00  
99+
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Żejtun  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Malta  
China  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not Present  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
-  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.02 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.52 million  
99+
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.50 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Malti  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Malti  
Mong  

French Name
maltais  
hmong  

German Name
Maltesisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[mɔːltiːz]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Maltese  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
c. 1470  
19  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Abric  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Maltese  
Hmong  

Language Position
25  
23
24  
22

Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
mt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mlt  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
mlt  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
mlt  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
mlt  
hmn  

Glottocode
malt1254  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
12-AAC-c  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Maltese and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Maltese vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Maltese and Hmong language. History of Maltese language states that this language originated in c. 1470 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 Maltese and Hmong Language History.

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

Maltese vs Hmong Difficulty

The Maltese vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maltese 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 Maltese and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maltese and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maltese is 30 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

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