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Chewa and Hmong


Hmong and Chewa


Countries

Countries
Malawi, Zimbabwe   
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
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
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Zambia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
  • 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
Zulu language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31   
13
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
14   
11

How Many Consonants
18   
8
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moni   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
Zikomo   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

How Are You?
Muli bwanji?   
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   

Good Night
Usiku wabwino   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
Madzulo abwino   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
Masana abwino   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
M'mawa wabwino   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
Chonde   
thov   

Sorry
pepani   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
anatsanzikana   
Not Available   

I Love You
Ndimakukondani   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
Pepani   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kasungu   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
310,000.00   
37

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
China   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,600,000.00   
21

Dialect 3
Kimaravi   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia   
Vietnam   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.17 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
3.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Nyanja   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa   
Mong   

French Name
chichewa; chewa; nyanja   
hmong   

German Name
Nyanja-Sprache   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Chewa people   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
15th Century   
19   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Not Available   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Chewa   
Hmong   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ny   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nya   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
nya   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
nya   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nyan1308   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
99-AUS-xaa – xag   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Chewa and Hmong Speaking population

Chewa and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % 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 Chewa and Hmong on Chewa vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Hmong Language Codes

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

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