Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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.
  
Similar To
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
tafadhali
  
thov
  
Sorry
pole
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
bye
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
3.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Mong
  
French Name
swahili
  
hmong
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
6th century
  
19
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Hmong
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swahili and Hmong 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 Swahili and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Hmong language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Hmong Difficulty
The Swahili vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili Alphabets and Hmong 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 Swahili and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.