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Hmong and Swahili


Swahili and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
4  
11

National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  

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
-  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  

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.
  
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74  
38
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Habari  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
Asante  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Habari gani?  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Usiku mwema  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
Habari za jioni  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
nzuri Alasiri  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
Habari za asubuhi  

Please
thov  
tafadhali  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
pole  

Bye
Nyob zoo  
bye  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
nakupenda  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
Samahani  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Kiunguja  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Zanzibar island  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Kimrima  

Where They Speak
China  
Dar es Salaam  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
75,000,000.00  
10

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Kimgao  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Kilwa  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
75,000,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
150.00 million  
13

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
75.00 million  
14

Native Name
Hmong  
Kiswahili  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  

French Name
hmong  
swahili  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Swahili  

Pronunciation
[môŋ]  
[swaˈhili]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Swahili people or Waswahili  

History

Origin
19  
6th century  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Swahili  

Language Position
24  
22
21  
19

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Swahili Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sw  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
swa  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
swa  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
swa  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
swa  

Glottocode
firs1234  
swah1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUS-m  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Hmong and Swahili Speaking population

Hmong and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Hmong vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Swahili Language Codes

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

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