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Swahili

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Countries

Countries

African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam

Total No. Of Countries

45
0 46
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National Language

Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
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

Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts

  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
  • 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

Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Thai and Lao Languages

Derived From

Arabic Language
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2474
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

514
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2160
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

39
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

36 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Habari
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)

Thank You

Asante
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)

How Are You?

Habari gani?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)

Good Night

Usiku mwema
zoo hmo

Good Evening

Habari za jioni
zoo yav tsaus ntuj

Good Afternoon

nzuri Alasiri
zoo tav su

Good Morning

Habari za asubuhi
zoo thaum sawv ntxov

Please

tafadhali
thov

Sorry

pole
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)

Bye

bye
Nyob zoo

I Love You

nakupenda
Kuv hlub koj

Excuse Me

Samahani
zam txim rau kuv

Dialects

Dialect 1

Kiunguja
Hmong Njua

Where They Speak

Zanzibar island
Laos

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Kimrima
Hmong Daw

Where They Speak

Dar es Salaam
China

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.001,600,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Kimgao
Hmong Do

Where They Speak

Kilwa
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

75,000,000.0031,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

126
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

150.00 million4.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.42 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

15.00 million3.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

75.00 million4.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Kiswahili
Hmong

Alternative Names

Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Mong

French Name

swahili
hmong

German Name

Swahili
Miao-Sprachen

Pronunciation

[swaˈhili]
[môŋ]

Ethnicity

Swahili people or Waswahili
Hmong people

History

Origin

6th 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

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Swahili
Hmong

Language Position

2124
1 120
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Signed Forms

Swahili Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language

Scope

Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sw
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

swa
hmn

ISO 639 2/B

swa
hmn

ISO 639 3

swa
hmv

ISO 639 6

swa
hmn

Glottocode

swah1254
firs1234

Linguasphere

99-AUS-m
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Swahili and Hmong Alphabets

Swahili and Hmong Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Swahili and Hmong. In Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters. To learn Swahili and Hmong languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Swahili and Hmong languages. The Swahili phonology consist Swahili vowels and Swahili consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Swahili greetings vs Hmong greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Swahili and Hmong are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Swahili and Hmong Speaking population

Swahili and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 % 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 Swahili and Hmong on Swahili vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swahili and Hmong Language Codes

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