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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

15
0 46
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National Language

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

Second Language

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

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

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

Regulated By

Pan South African Language Board
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Interesting Facts

  • 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.
  • 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.

Similar To

Xhosa Language
Thai and Lao Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

5774
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

714
0 32
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How Many Consonants

5060
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

39
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Sawubona
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)

Thank You

Ngiyabonga
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)

How Are You?

unjani
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)

Good Night

okuhle ebusuku
zoo hmo

Good Evening

okuhle kusihlwa
zoo yav tsaus ntuj

Good Afternoon

okuhle ntambama
zoo tav su

Good Morning

okuhle ekuseni
zoo thaum sawv ntxov

Please

Ngiyacela
thov

Sorry

Ngiyaxolisa
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)

Bye

bye
Nyob zoo

I Love You

Ngiyakuthanda wena
Kuv hlub koj

Excuse Me

Uxolo
zam txim rau kuv

Dialects

Dialect 1

Qwabe
Hmong Njua

Where They Speak

Gabon, South Africa
Laos

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.00310,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Hmong Daw

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Africa
China

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.001,600,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ndebele
Hmong Do

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Vietnam

How Many People Speak

28,000,000.0031,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

46
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

30.00 million4.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.16 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

12.00 million3.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million4.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

isiZulu
Hmong

Alternative Names

Isizulu, Zunda
Mong

French Name

zoulou
hmong

German Name

Zulu-Sprache
Miao-Sprachen

Pronunciation

[zuːlu]
[môŋ]

Ethnicity

Zulu people
Hmong people

History

Origin

19
19

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Hmong–Mien Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
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Branch

Beatu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

urban Zulu
No early forms

Standard Forms

Deep Zulu
Hmong

Language Position

8724
1 120
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Signed Forms

Zulu Sign Language
Hmong Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

zu
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

zul
hmn

ISO 639 2/B

zul
hmn

ISO 639 3

zul
hmv

ISO 639 6

zul
hmn

Glottocode

zulu1248
firs1234

Linguasphere

99-AUT-fg
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

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Zulu and Hmong Alphabets

Zulu and Hmong Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Zulu and Hmong. In Zulu Alphabets there are 57 letters while in Hmong Alphabets there are 74 letters. To learn Zulu and Hmong languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Zulu and Hmong languages. The Zulu phonology consist Zulu vowels and Zulu consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Zulu greetings vs Hmong greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Zulu and Hmong are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Zulu and Hmong Speaking population

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

Zulu and Hmong Language Codes

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