Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
South Africa
  
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 in
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Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
  
Qwabe
  
Where They Speak
Laos
  
Gabon, South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
4.00 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.