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Nepali and Hmong


Hmong and Nepali


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

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

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Hindi  
Thai and Lao Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
74  
38

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
14  
11

How Many Consonants
36  
26
60  
36

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
9  
7

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)  

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

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
zoo hmo  

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

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
zoo tav su  

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

Please
कृपया  
thov  

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

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Nyob zoo  

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

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

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Hmong Njua  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Laos  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
310,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Hmong Daw  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
China  

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

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Hmong Do  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Vietnam  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
3.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Hmong  

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

French Name
népalais  
hmong  

German Name
Nepali  
Miao-Sprachen  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[môŋ]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Hmong people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
19  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Hmong–Mien Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Hmong  

Language Position
59  
99+
24  
22

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Hmong Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
hmn  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
hmn  

ISO 639 3
npi  
hmv  

ISO 639 6
nep  
hmn  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
firs1234  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Nepali and Hmong Speaking population

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

Nepali and Hmong Language Codes

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

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