1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
2.3 National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa
2.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Lesotho, South Africa
2.5 Speaking Continents
2.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
2.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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2.8 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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
2.9 Similar To
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Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
2.10 Derived From
Not Available
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
3 Alphabets
3.1 Alphabets in
3.2 Alphabets
3.4 Phonology
3.4.1 How Many Vowels
3.4.3 How Many Consonants
3.8 Scripts
3.9 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
3.10 Hard to Learn
3.10.1 Language Levels
3.10.3 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Molo
6.2 Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Ndiyabulela
6.3 How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Unjani
6.4 Good Night
6.5 Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Ubusuku obuhle
6.6 Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Uben' emva kwemini entle
6.7 Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Molo
6.8 Please
6.9 Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Ndicela uxolo
6.10 Bye
Not Available
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
6.11 I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Ndiyakuthanda
6.12 Excuse Me
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
7.1.1 Where They Speak
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
310,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
7.3 Dialect 2
7.3.1 Where They Speak
7.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00NA
700
80000000
7.5 Dialect 3
7.5.1 Where They Speak
7.5.2 How Many People Speak
7.7 Total No. Of Dialects
9 How Many People Speak
9.1 How Many People Speak?
4.00 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
9.3 Speaking Population
9.5 Native Speakers
3.70 million8.20 million
0.13
873
9.5.2 Second Language Speakers
10.3.4 Native Name
10.3.5 Alternative Names
Mong
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
10.3.6 French Name
10.3.7 German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Xhosa-Sprache
10.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
10.5 Ethnicity
Hmong people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
11 History
11.1 Origin
11.2 Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Niger-Congo Family
11.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
11.2.2 Branch
11.3 Language Forms
11.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
11.3.2 Standard Forms
11.3.3 Language Position
12.7.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
12.8 Scope
13 Code
13.1 ISO 639 1
13.2 ISO 639 2
13.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
13.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
13.3 ISO 639 3
13.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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13.5 Glottocode
13.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
13.7 Types of Language
13.7.1 Language Type
13.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
13.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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