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Hmong and Swahili


Swahili and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
4   
11

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Not Available   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
5   
2

How Many Consonants
60   
36
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
Habari   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
Asante   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
thov   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
pole   

Bye
Not Available   
bye   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
China   
Dar es Salaam   

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Kilwa   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Native Name
Hmong   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
hmong   
swahili   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
19   
6th 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   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
swa   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUS-m   

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

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Hmong and Swahili Speaking population

Hmong and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available. 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 Swahili on Hmong vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Swahili Language Codes

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

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