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Hmong
Hmong

Xhosa
Xhosa



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Countries

Countries

China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
South Africa

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Lesotho, South Africa

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.

Similar To

Thai and Lao Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele

Derived From

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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

7453
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1410
0 32
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How Many Consonants

6043
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

93
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Molo

Thank You

Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Ndiyabulela

How Are You?

Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Unjani

Good Night

zoo hmo
Ulale kakuhle

Good Evening

zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Ubusuku obuhle

Good Afternoon

zoo tav su
Uben' emva kwemini entle

Good Morning

zoo thaum sawv ntxov
Molo

Please

thov
Ndicela

Sorry

Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Ndicela uxolo

Bye

Nyob zoo
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle

I Love You

Kuv hlub koj
Ndiyakuthanda

Excuse Me

zam txim rau kuv
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hmong Njua
Gcaleka

Where They Speak

Laos
South Africa

How Many People Speak

310,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hmong Daw
Thembu

Where They Speak

China
South Africa

How Many People Speak

1,600,000.0019,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hmong Do
Hlubi

Where They Speak

Vietnam
South Africa

How Many People Speak

31,000,000.0019.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

69
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

4.00 million20.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.70 million8.20 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million11.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Hmong
isiXhosa

Alternative Names

Mong
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa

French Name

hmong
xhosa

German Name

Miao-Sprachen
Xhosa-Sprache

Pronunciation

[môŋ]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]

Ethnicity

Hmong people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca

History

Origin

19
16th Century

Language Family

Hmong–Mien Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Hmong
isiXhosa

Language Position

2421
1 120
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Signed Forms

Hmong Sign Language
Signed Xhosa

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
xh

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hmn
xho

ISO 639 2/B

hmn
xho

ISO 639 3

hmv
xho

ISO 639 6

hmn
xho

Glottocode

firs1234
xhos1239

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-fa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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-

Hmong and Xhosa Alphabets

Hmong and Xhosa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hmong and Xhosa. In Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters while in Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters. To learn Hmong and Xhosa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hmong and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hmong and Xhosa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hmong and Xhosa Speaking population

Hmong and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Hmong vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Xhosa Language Codes

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