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
👆🏻
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
👆🏻
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
-
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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