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Hmong and Nepali


Nepali and Hmong


Countries

Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
74   
38
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14   
11
12   
9

How Many Consonants
60   
36
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
9   
7
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
zoo hmo   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
zoo yav tsaus ntuj   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
zoo tav su   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
zoo thaum sawv ntxov   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
thov   
कृपया   

Sorry
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Not Available   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Kuv hlub koj   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
zam txim rau kuv   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hmong Njua   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Laos   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
310,000.00   
37
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
China   
India, Nepal   

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

Dialect 3
Hmong Do   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
3.70 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Hmong   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Mong   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
hmong   
népalais   

German Name
Miao-Sprachen   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hmong people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
19   
19 BC   

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Hmong   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
nep   

ISO 639 3
hmv   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
firs1234   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Hmong and Nepali Speaking population

Hmong and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hmong and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Hmong and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hmong language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Hmong and Nepali on Hmong vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hmong and Nepali Language Codes

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

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