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Norwegian and Hmong


Hmong and Norwegian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Norway  
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, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
14  
11

How Many Consonants
20  
10
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
takk  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
god natt  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
god kveld  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
god morgen  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
Vær så snill  
thov  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
ha det  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
China  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Norsk  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Mong  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
hmong  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Hmong  

Language Position
18  
16
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
nor  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
nor  
hmn  

Glottocode
norw1258  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Norwegian and Hmong Speaking population

Norwegian and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % 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 Norwegian and Hmong on Norwegian vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Hmong Language Codes

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

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