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Hmong vs Zulu


Zulu vs 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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Hmong and Zulu Language History

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

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

Hmong vs Zulu Difficulty

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

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