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Xhosa
Xhosa

Hmong
Hmong



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Countries

Countries

South Africa
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam

Total No. Of Countries

15
0 46
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National Language

South Africa
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam

Second Language

Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Botswana, Lesotho
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-
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Interesting Facts

  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  • 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

Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Thai and Lao Languages

Derived From

Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5374
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

1014
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4360
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

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Molo
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)

Thank You

Ndiyabulela
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)

How Are You?

Unjani
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)

Good Night

Ulale kakuhle
zoo hmo

Good Evening

Ubusuku obuhle
zoo yav tsaus ntuj

Good Afternoon

Uben' emva kwemini entle
zoo tav su

Good Morning

Molo
zoo thaum sawv ntxov

Please

Ndicela
thov

Sorry

Ndicela uxolo
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)

Bye

Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Nyob zoo

I Love You

Ndiyakuthanda
Kuv hlub koj

Excuse Me

Uxolo
zam txim rau kuv

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gcaleka
Hmong Njua

Where They Speak

South Africa
Laos

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Thembu
Hmong Daw

Where They Speak

South Africa
China

How Many People Speak

19,000,000.001,600,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hlubi
Hmong Do

Where They Speak

South Africa
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

19.0031,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

96
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

20.00 million4.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.20 million3.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

11.00 million4.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiXhosa
Hmong

Alternative Names

“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Mong

French Name

xhosa
hmong

German Name

Xhosa-Sprache
Miao-Sprachen

Pronunciation

[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[môŋ]

Ethnicity

amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Hmong people

History

Origin

16th 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

isiXhosa
Hmong

Language Position

2124
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Xhosa
Hmong Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

xh
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

xho
hmn

ISO 639 2/B

xho
hmn

ISO 639 3

xho
hmv

ISO 639 6

xho
hmn

Glottocode

xhos1239
firs1234

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fa
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

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Xhosa and Hmong Alphabets

Xhosa and Hmong Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Xhosa and Hmong. In Xhosa Alphabets there are 53 letters while in Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters. To learn Xhosa and Hmong languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Xhosa and Hmong languages. The Xhosa phonology consist Xhosa vowels and Xhosa consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Xhosa greetings vs Hmong greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Xhosa and Hmong are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Xhosa and Hmong Speaking population

Xhosa and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Hmong on Xhosa vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Hmong Language Codes

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