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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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