Countries
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
India, Nepal
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
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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)
Dialect 1
Hmong Njua
Doteli
Where They Speak
Laos
Nepal
Dialect 2
Hmong Daw
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
China
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hmong Do
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Vietnam
Nepal
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Hmong
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ne
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
nep
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
nep
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
firs1234
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Hmong and Nepali 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 Hmong and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hmong and Nepali language. Hmong word for "Hello" is Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Hmong Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hmong vs Nepali Difficulty
The Hmong vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hmong Alphabets and Nepali 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 Hmong and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hmong and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hmong is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.