Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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
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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.
Similar To
Thai and Lao Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
pole
I Love You
Kuv hlub koj
nakupenda
Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv
Samahani
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Laos
Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Kimrima
Where They Speak
China
Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Kilwa
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
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hmong
Swahili
Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
sw
Glottocode
firs1234
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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Hmong and Swahili Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hmong and Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Swahili language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Swahili Difficulty
The Hmong vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Swahili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hmong and Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.