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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

51
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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Pan South African Language Board

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.
  • The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
  • Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.

Similar To

Thai and Lao Languages
Xhosa Language

Derived From

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-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

7457
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

147
0 32
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How Many Consonants

6050
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 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
Sawubona

Thank You

Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
Ngiyabonga

How Are You?

Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
unjani

Good Night

zoo hmo
okuhle ebusuku

Good Evening

zoo yav tsaus ntuj
okuhle kusihlwa

Good Afternoon

zoo tav su
okuhle ntambama

Good Morning

zoo thaum sawv ntxov
okuhle ekuseni

Please

thov
Ngiyacela

Sorry

Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Ngiyaxolisa

Bye

Nyob zoo
bye

I Love You

Kuv hlub koj
Ngiyakuthanda wena

Excuse Me

zam txim rau kuv
Uxolo

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hmong Njua
Qwabe

Where They Speak

Laos
Gabon, South Africa

How Many People Speak

310,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Hmong Daw
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu

Where They Speak

China
Georgia, South Africa

How Many People Speak

1,600,000.0028,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Hmong Do
Ndebele

Where They Speak

Vietnam
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

31,000,000.0028,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

64
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

4.00 million30.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.16 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.70 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Hmong
isiZulu

Alternative Names

Mong
Isizulu, Zunda

French Name

hmong
zoulou

German Name

Miao-Sprachen
Zulu-Sprache

Pronunciation

[môŋ]
[zuːlu]

Ethnicity

Hmong people
Zulu people

History

Origin

19
19

Language Family

Hmong–Mien Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

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Beatu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
urban Zulu

Standard Forms

Hmong
Deep Zulu

Language Position

2487
1 120
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Signed Forms

Hmong Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
zu

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

hmn
zul

ISO 639 2/B

hmn
zul

ISO 639 3

hmv
zul

ISO 639 6

hmn
zul

Glottocode

firs1234
zulu1248

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-fg

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Hmong and Zulu Alphabets

Hmong and Zulu Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Hmong and Zulu. In Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters while in Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters. To learn Hmong and Zulu languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Hmong and Zulu 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 Zulu greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Hmong and Zulu are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Hmong and Zulu Speaking population

Hmong and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Hmong vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Zulu Language Codes

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