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Nepali vs Hmong


Hmong vs 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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Nepali and Hmong Language History

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

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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.

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