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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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