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Nepali vs 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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Hmong and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Hmong vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Hmong and Nepali language. History of Hmong language states that this language originated in 19 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Hmong and Nepali Language History.

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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.

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