Countries
Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
52
0
46
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National Language
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, 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
Zambia
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Not Available
Zulu language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
7431
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
145
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
6018
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
9NA
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeksNA
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Moni
Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Zikomo
How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
zoo hmo
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
zoo tav su
Masana abwino
Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
M'mawa wabwino
Please
thov
Chonde
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
pepani
Bye
-9999
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Pepani
Dialects
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Laos
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
310,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
China
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00NA
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
NANA
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million12.00 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.17 %
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.70 million12.00 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Hmong
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Mong
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
hmong
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Miao-Sprachen
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Hmong people
Chewa people
History
Origin
19
15th Century
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Chewa
Language Position
NANA
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
nya
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
nya
ISO 639 3
hmv
nya
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
firs1234
nyan1308
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available