Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
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.
Similar To
Not Available
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Zanzibar island
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
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
  
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
  
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
  
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.