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Chewa
Chewa

Hmong
Hmong



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Countries

Countries

Malawi, Zimbabwe
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam

Total No. Of Countries

25
0 46
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National Language

Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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

Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Interesting Facts

  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
  • 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

Zulu language
Thai and Lao Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3174
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

514
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1860
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

59
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

32 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Moni
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)

Thank You

Zikomo
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)

How Are You?

Muli bwanji?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)

Good Night

Usiku wabwino
zoo hmo

Good Evening

Madzulo abwino
zoo yav tsaus ntuj

Good Afternoon

Masana abwino
zoo tav su

Good Morning

M'mawa wabwino
zoo thaum sawv ntxov

Please

Chonde
thov

Sorry

pepani
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)

Bye

anatsanzikana
Nyob zoo

I Love You

Ndimakukondani
Kuv hlub koj

Excuse Me

Pepani
zam txim rau kuv

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kasungu
Hmong Njua

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Laos

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kikamtunda
Hmong Daw

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
China

How Many People Speak

10,000,000.001,600,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimaravi
Hmong Do

Where They Speak

Malawi, Zambia
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0031,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

56
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

12.00 million4.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.17 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million3.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million4.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Nyanja
Hmong

Alternative Names

Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
Mong

French Name

chichewa; chewa; nyanja
hmong

German Name

Nyanja-Sprache
Miao-Sprachen

Pronunciation

[ˈtʃewa]
[môŋ]

Ethnicity

Chewa people
Hmong people

History

Origin

15th Century
19

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Hmong–Mien Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Chewa
Hmong

Language Position

2724
1 120
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Signed Forms

Chewa Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

ny
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

nya
hmn

ISO 639 2/B

nya
hmn

ISO 639 3

nya
hmv

ISO 639 6

nya
hmn

Glottocode

nyan1308
firs1234

Linguasphere

99-AUS-xaa – xag
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Chewa and Hmong Alphabets

Chewa and Hmong Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Chewa and Hmong. In Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters while in Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters. To learn Chewa and Hmong languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Chewa and Hmong languages. The Chewa phonology consist Chewa vowels and Chewa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Chewa greetings vs Hmong greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Chewa and Hmong are Most Spoken Languages.

All Chewa and Hmong Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chewa and Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Chewa and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chewa are spoken in different Chewa Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chewa vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chewa dialects include: Kasungu, Kikamtunda. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Chewa and Hmong Speaking population

Chewa and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chewa and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Chewa and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chewa and Hmong on Chewa vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chewa and Hmong Language Codes

Chewa and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chewa and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.