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Hmong vs Swahili


Swahili vs 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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Hmong and Swahili Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Swahili language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Swahili language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th century. 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 Hmong and Swahili Language History.

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Hmong and Swahili 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 Hmong and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Swahili language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hmong vs Swahili Difficulty

The Hmong vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Swahili 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 Hmong and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.

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