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)
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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
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Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Sorry
pole
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
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
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Vietnam
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
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Hmong
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Mong
French Name
swahili
hmong
German Name
Swahili
Miao-Sprachen
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Hmong people
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Hmong
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sw
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
swa
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ISO 639 2/B
swa
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
swah1254
firs1234
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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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.