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