1 Countries
1.1 Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Lesotho, South Africa
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
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Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
1.10 Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Molo
3.2 Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Ndiyabulela
3.3 How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Unjani
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Ubusuku obuhle
3.6 Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Uben' emva kwemini entle
3.7 Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Molo
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Ndicela uxolo
3.10 Bye
Not Available
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
3.11 I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Ndiyakuthanda
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
310,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
4.00 million20.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
3.70 million8.20 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Mong
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Xhosa-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Hmong people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Niger-Congo Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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