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Hmong
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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
Nigeria

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
Equatorial Guinea

Regulated By

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Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture

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.
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.

Similar To

Thai and Lao Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

7436
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

148
0 32
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How Many Consonants

6028
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

93
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks52 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
kedụ

Thank You

Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
dalụ

How Are You?

Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
kedụ ka ịmere

Good Night

zoo hmo
ka chi fo

Good Evening

zoo yav tsaus ntuj
mgbede ọma

Good Afternoon

zoo tav su
ehihie ọma

Good Morning

zoo thaum sawv ntxov
ụtụtụ ọma

Please

thov
Biko

Sorry

Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Ndo

Bye

Nyob zoo
Kachifo

I Love You

Kuv hlub koj
a hụrụ m gị n'anya

Excuse Me

zam txim rau kuv
ngọpụ

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hmong Njua
Enuani

Where They Speak

Laos
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

310,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hmong Daw
Ngwa

Where They Speak

China
Nigeria

How Many People Speak

1,600,000.001,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hmong Do
Not present

Where They Speak

Vietnam
-

How Many People Speak

31,000,000.0024.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

620
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

4.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.09 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.70 million25.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million24.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Hmong
igbo

Alternative Names

Mong
Ibo

French Name

hmong
igbo

German Name

Miao-Sprachen
Ibo-Sprache

Pronunciation

[môŋ]
[iɡ͡boː]

Ethnicity

Hmong people
Igbo people

History

Origin

19
30th Century BC

Language Family

Hmong–Mien Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Kwa

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Hmong
Standard Igbo

Language Position

2457
1 120
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Signed Forms

Hmong Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
ig

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hmn
ibo

ISO 639 2/B

hmn
ibo

ISO 639 3

hmv
ibo

ISO 639 6

hmn
ibo

Glottocode

firs1234
nucl1417

Linguasphere

No data available
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative

Hmong and Igbo Alphabets

Hmong and Igbo Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hmong and Igbo. In Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters while in Igbo Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Hmong and Igbo languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hmong and Igbo languages. The Hmong phonology consist Hmong vowels and Hmong consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Hmong greetings vs Igbo greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hmong and Igbo are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hmong and Igbo Speaking population

Hmong and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Hmong and Igbo on Hmong vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Igbo Language Codes

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