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Hmong vs Russian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  
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Interesting Facts
  • In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  
  • 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
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
14  
11

How Many Consonants
21  
11
60  
36

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
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
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
спасибо(spasibo)  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  
thov  

Sorry
Извините(Izvinite)  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
до свидания(do svidaniya)  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
извините(izvinite)  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doukhobor Russian  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  
Laos  

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

Dialect 2
Olonets  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Olonets  
China  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Novgorod  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Novgorod  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
154,000,000.00  
2
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
13  
13
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
276.00 million  
6
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
2.33 %  
9
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
166.00 million  
8
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
110.00 million  
7
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Русский  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Russki  
Mong  

French Name
russe  
hmong  

German Name
Russisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Russians  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Eastern  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Russian  
Hmong  

Language Position
7  
7
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Russian  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ru  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
rus  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
rus  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
rus  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
rus  
hmn  

Glottocode
russ1263  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-ea  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Russian and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Russian vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Russian and Hmong language. History of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian and Hmong Language History.

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

Russian vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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