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Chewa vs Hmong


Hmong vs Chewa


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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
-  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chewa-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
14  
11

How Many Consonants
18  
8
60  
36

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
32 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
17

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
12,000,000.00  
35
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kikamtunda  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
China  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kimaravi  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Malawi, Zambia  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
31,000,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
12.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.17 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

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  
-  

Branch
Bantu  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Chewa  
Hmong  

Language Position
27  
25
24  
22

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
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Chewa and Hmong Language History

Comparison of Chewa vs Hmong language history gives us differences between origin of Chewa and Hmong language. History of Chewa language states that this language originated in 15th Century whereas history of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Chewa and Hmong Language History.

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Chewa 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 Chewa and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chewa and Hmong language. Chewa word for "Hello" is Moni or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Chewa Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Chewa vs Hmong Difficulty

The Chewa vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chewa 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 Chewa and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chewa and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chewa is 32 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.

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