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Slovak vs Hmong


Hmong vs Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
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
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
14  
11

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
Prosím  
thov  

Sorry
Pardón!  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
China  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Mong  

French Name
slovaque  
hmong  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
6th Century  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Hmong  

Language Position
27  
25
24  
22

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
slk  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
slk  
hmn  

Glottocode
slov1269  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Slovak and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Hmong language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Slovak and Hmong Language History.

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

Slovak vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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