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Hmong and Igbo


Igbo and Hmong


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

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
-  
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
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
74  
38
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
8  
5

How Many Consonants
60  
36
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9  
7
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

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
310,000.00  
99+
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
China  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
-  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
24.00 million  
28

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
24  
22
57  
99+

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
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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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.

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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.

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