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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
-  
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
Thai and Lao Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
Nyob zoo  
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  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hmong Daw  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
China  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Hmong Do  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Vietnam  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
31,000,000.00  
19
17,000,000.00  
26

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
4.00 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

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
[môŋ]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Hmong people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
19  
19 BC  

Language Family
Hmong–Mien Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Hmong  
Nepali  

Language Position
24  
22
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Hmong Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hmn  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
hmn  
nep  

ISO 639 3
hmv  
npi  

ISO 639 6
hmn  
nep  

Glottocode
firs1234  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
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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