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Hmong vs Yoruba


Yoruba vs Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

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  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Yoruba Academy  

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.
  
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  

Similar To
Not Available  
Owo and Itsekiri languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
74  
38
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
12  
9

How Many Consonants
60  
36
17  
7

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
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  
Ẹ n lẹ  

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  
e dupe  

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  
Bawo ni o se wa  

Good Night
zoo hmo  
Kasun layọ o  

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  
ka a ale  

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su  
e kaasan  

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  
e kaaro  

Please
thov  
Jowo  

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  
binu  

Bye
Not Available  
bye  

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj  
mo nifẹ rẹ  

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv  
mo tọrọ gafara  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
Laos  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
310,000.00  
37
500,000.00  
34

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Ede  

Where They Speak
China  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
21
800,000.00  
27

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
3.70 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Native Name
Hmong  
Yorùbá  

Alternative Names
Mong  
Yariba, Yooba  

French Name
hmong  
yoruba  

German Name
Miao-Sprachen  
Yoruba-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Yoruba people  

History

Origin
19  
4 BC  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Western Sudanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Kwa  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Yorùbá  

Language Position
Not Available  
49  
36

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
yo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available  
yor  

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available  
yor  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
yor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
firs1234  
yoru1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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Hmong and Yoruba Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Yoruba language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Yoruba language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 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 Yoruba Language History.

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Hmong and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Yoruba language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Hmong vs Yoruba Difficulty

The Hmong vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.

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