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Afrikaans vs Nepali


Nepali vs Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Nepal   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Dutch Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
12   
9

How Many Consonants
17   
7
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Dankie   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
goeie nag   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
goeie more   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
asseblief   
कृपया   

Sorry
jammer   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Not Available   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Afrikaans   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
afrikaans   
népalais   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
17th Century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
nep   

ISO 639 3
afr   
npi   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Agglutinative   

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Afrikaans and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Afrikaans vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Afrikaans and Nepali language. History of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Afrikaans and Nepali Language History.

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Afrikaans and Nepali 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 Afrikaans and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Nepali language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Afrikaans vs Nepali Difficulty

The Afrikaans vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans Alphabets and Nepali 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 Afrikaans and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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