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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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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.
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.

Similar To

Thai and Lao Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

7437
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

145
0 32
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How Many Consonants

6046
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

94
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Mhoro

Thank You

Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

zoo hmo
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Manheru

Good Afternoon

zoo tav su
Masikati

Good Morning

zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Mangwanani

Please

thov
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Ndineurombo

Bye

Nyob zoo
bye

I Love You

Kuv hlub koj
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

zam txim rau kuv
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hmong Njua
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Laos
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

310,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hmong Daw
Karanga

Where They Speak

China
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

1,600,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hmong Do
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Vietnam
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

31,000,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

64
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

4.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.70 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Hmong
chiShona

Alternative Names

Mong
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

hmong
shona

German Name

Miao-Sprachen
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[môŋ]
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Hmong people
Shona people

History

Origin

19
20th century

Language Family

Hmong–Mien Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

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Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Hmong
Standard Shona

Language Position

24107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Hmong Sign Language
Signed Shona

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hmn
sna

ISO 639 2/B

hmn
sna

ISO 639 3

hmv
sna

ISO 639 6

hmn
sna

Glottocode

firs1234
core1255

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Hmong and Shona Alphabets

Hmong and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hmong and Shona. In Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Hmong and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hmong and Shona languages. The Hmong phonology consist Hmong vowels and Hmong consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Hmong greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hmong and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All Hmong and Shona 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 Hmong and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Hmong and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hmong are spoken in different Hmong Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hmong vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua, Hmong Daw. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Hmong and Shona Speaking population

Hmong and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona 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 Hmong and Shona on Hmong vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Shona Language Codes

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