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Swedish vs Hmong


Hmong vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
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Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
14  
11

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
hej  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
godnatt  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
god kväll  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
god morgon  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
vänligen  
thov  

Sorry
ledsen  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
hej då  
Nyob zoo  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
9
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
China  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
7
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
France  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
5
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Svenska  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Mong  

French Name
suédois  
hmong  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
13th Century  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Hmong  

Language Position
89  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
swe  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
swe  
hmn  

Glottocode
swed1254  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Swedish and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Hmong language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish and Hmong Language History.

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

Swedish vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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