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Yoruba and Hmong


Hmong and Yoruba


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Nigeria   
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
74   
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
14   
11

How Many Consonants
17   
7
60   
36

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
9   
7

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   

Thank You
e dupe   
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   

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

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
zoo hmo   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
zoo tav su   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   

Please
Jowo   
thov   

Sorry
binu   
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   

Bye
bye   
Not Available   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
Kuv hlub koj   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
zam txim rau kuv   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Hmong Njua   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Laos   

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

Dialect 2
Ede   
Hmong Daw   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
China   

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

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Hmong Do   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
3.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Hmong   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Mong   

French Name
yoruba   
hmong   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Miao-Sprachen   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Hmong people   

History

Origin
4 BC   
19   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Hmong–Mien Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Hmong   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
yor   
hmv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
firs1234   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Yoruba and Hmong 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 Yoruba and Hmong dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Hmong language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Hmong Dialects are spoken in different Hmong speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Hmong Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Hmong dialects include: Hmong Njua , Hmong Daw. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Hmong Speaking population

Yoruba and Hmong speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Hmong languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Hmong Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 %. 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 Yoruba and Hmong on Yoruba vs Hmong where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Hmong Language Codes

Yoruba and Hmong language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Hmong Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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