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Zulu vs Hmong


Hmong vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

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

Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Xhosa Language  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Zulu-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
57  
34
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
14  
11

How Many Consonants
50  
35
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
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Sawubona  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

Thank You
Ngiyabonga  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)  

How Are You?
unjani  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)  

Good Night
okuhle ebusuku  
zoo hmo  

Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj  

Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama  
zoo tav su  

Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov  

Please
Ngiyacela  
thov  

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)  

Bye
bye  
Not Available  

I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena  
Kuv hlub koj  

Excuse Me
Uxolo  
zam txim rau kuv  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
310,000.00  
37

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa  
China  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,600,000.00  
21

Dialect 3
Ndebele  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe  
Vietnam  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.16 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million  
99+
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
17
Not Available  

Native Name
isiZulu  
Hmong  

Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda  
Mong  

French Name
zoulou  
hmong  

German Name
Zulu-Sprache  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Zulu people  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
19  
19  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Beatu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu  
Hmong  

Language Position
87  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zu  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
zul  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
zul  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
zulu1248  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Zulu and Hmong Language History

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

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

Zulu vs Hmong Difficulty

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

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