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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam

Total No. Of Countries

15
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Thai and Lao Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3774
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

514
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4660
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

49
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)

Thank You

Waita zvako
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
zoo hmo

Good Evening

Manheru
zoo yav tsaus ntuj

Good Afternoon

Masikati
zoo tav su

Good Morning

Mangwanani
zoo thaum sawv ntxov

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
thov

Sorry

Ndineurombo
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)

Bye

bye
Nyob zoo

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Kuv hlub koj

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
zam txim rau kuv

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Hmong Njua

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Laos

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Hmong Daw

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
China

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.001,600,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Hmong Do

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

16.0031,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

46
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million4.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million3.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million4.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
Hmong

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Mong

French Name

shona
hmong

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Miao-Sprachen

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[môŋ]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Hmong people

History

Origin

20th century
19

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Hmong–Mien Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Hmong

Language Position

10724
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Hmong Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
hmn

ISO 639 2/B

sna
hmn

ISO 639 3

sna
hmv

ISO 639 6

sna
hmn

Glottocode

core1255
firs1234

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Shona and Hmong Alphabets

Shona and Hmong Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Hmong. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters. To learn Shona and Hmong languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Hmong languages. The Shona phonology consist Shona vowels and Shona consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Shona greetings vs Hmong greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Hmong are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Hmong Speaking population

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

Shona and Hmong Language Codes

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