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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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
52 weeks   
12

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
China   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Not Available   

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+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Hmong   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Ibo   

French Name
hmong   
igbo   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
19   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
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 Not Available. 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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