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Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  
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Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
14  
11

How Many Consonants
19  
9
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
obrigado  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
boa noite  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
Por Favor  
thov  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
tchau  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Brazil  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Portugal  
China  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million  
7
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Português  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Português  
Mong  

French Name
portugais  
hmong  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Hmong  

Language Position
6  
6
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
por  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
por  
hmn  

Glottocode
port1283  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Portuguese and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Hmong language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century 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 Portuguese and Hmong Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Hmong Difficulty

The Portuguese vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Portuguese 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 Portuguese and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Portuguese and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Portuguese is 24 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

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