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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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