Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Malawi, Zimbabwe
  
National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Zulu language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Moni
  
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
Zikomo
  
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Muli bwanji?
  
Good Night
zoo hmo
  
Usiku wabwino
  
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Madzulo abwino
  
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
  
Masana abwino
  
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
M'mawa wabwino
  
Please
thov
  
Chonde
  
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
pepani
  
Bye
Not Available
  
anatsanzikana
  
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
  
Ndimakukondani
  
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
  
Pepani
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Kasungu
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
  
Kikamtunda
  
Where They Speak
China
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
21
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
  
Kimaravi
  
Where They Speak
Vietnam
  
Malawi, Zambia
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
3.70 million
  
99+
12.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
Hmong
  
Nyanja
  
Alternative Names
Mong
  
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
  
French Name
hmong
  
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
  
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
  
Nyanja-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hmong people
  
Chewa people
  
Origin
19
  
15th Century
  
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hmong
  
Chewa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ny
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
nya
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
nya
  
ISO 639 3
hmv
  
nya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
firs1234
  
nyan1308
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-xaa – xag
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Hmong and Chewa Speaking population
Hmong and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Hmong and Chewa on Hmong vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Hmong and Chewa Language Codes
Hmong and Chewa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hmong and Chewa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.