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
Not Available
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
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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Nepali and Hmong 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 Nepali and Hmong greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Hmong language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Hmong word for "Thank You" is Ua tsaug (Oua jow). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Hmong Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Hmong Difficulty
The Nepali vs Hmong difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Hmong 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 Nepali and Hmong are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Hmong, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Hmong time required is 44 weeks.