The Yolmo language is also spoken by significant
The Yolmo people are an indigenous people of the Eastern
number of villages in the Ilam district where Yolmo is spoken.
The Yolmo people are an indigenous people of the Eastern
Himalayan Region in Nepal.
There are also a
number of villages in the Ilam district where Yolmo is spoken.
The Yolmo language is also spoken by significant
populations in Bhutan and the Gyirong County of southwestern Tibet.
Like other Tibetic languages, Yolmo has tone, which is located on the first vowel of a word.
According to the Nepal National Census of 2011, the population of the Yolmo people living within Nepal is 10,752,
However, the number of monolingual Yolmo speakers is very low and on a gradual decline,
as the number of monolingual Nepali-speaking Yolmos and bilingual Yolmos with English as their second language increases.
The term"Yolmo" or"HYolmo" consists of two separate words-
Hyul, which means"a place or area surrounded by high mountains", and Mo, which means"goddess", indicating a place under the protection of a female deity.
According to the Nepal National Census of 2011, the population of the Yolmo people living within Nepal is 10,752,
who are distributed over 11 districts of the country, and 99% of this population speak the Yolmo language.