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Hmong vs Igbo


Igbo vs 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
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Derived From
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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  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Hmong and Igbo Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Igbo language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Igbo language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Igbo language states that this language originated in 30th Century BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Hmong and Igbo Language History.

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Hmong and Igbo Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hmong and Igbo greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Igbo language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Igbo word for "Thank You" is dalụ. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Igbo Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hmong vs Igbo Difficulty

The Hmong vs Igbo difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Igbo Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hmong and Igbo are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Igbo, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Igbo time required is 52 weeks.

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