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Hmong and Zulu


Zulu and Hmong


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
1   
14

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Xhosa Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
57   
34

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
7   
4

How Many Consonants
60   
36
50   
35

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
44 weeks   
11

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
Not Available   
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
310,000.00   
37
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   

Where They Speak
China   
Georgia, South Africa   

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Ndebele   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
4.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.16 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
12.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
16.00 million   
17

Native Name
Hmong   
isiZulu   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Isizulu, Zunda   

French Name
hmong   
zoulou   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Zulu-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Zulu people   

History

Origin
19   
19   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Beatu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
urban Zulu   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Deep Zulu   

Language Position
Not Available   
87   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
zu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
zul   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
zul   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
zul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
zulu1248   

Linguasphere
No data available   
99-AUT-fg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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.

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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.

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