Countries
India, Nepal
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
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
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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
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
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I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Kuv hlub koj
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
zam txim rau kuv
Dialect 1
Doteli
Hmong Njua
Where They Speak
Nepal
Laos
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Hmong Daw
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Hmong Do
Where They Speak
Nepal
Vietnam
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Hmong people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Hmong–Mien Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Hmong
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ne
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
nep
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ISO 639 2/B
nep
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ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nepa1254
firs1234
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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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.
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.