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Catalan and Nepali


Nepali and Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   
Nepal   

Second Language
Spain   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
23   
13
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hola   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Gràcies   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Com estàs?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Bona nit   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Bona nit   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Bon dia   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Sisplau   
कृपया   

Sorry
Perdó!   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Adéu   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
T'estimo   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Dispensi!   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
35
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Valencian   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Spain   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
4.10 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million   
28
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
català   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
catalan; valencien   
népalais   

German Name
Katalanisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Catalan people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
c. 1028   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ca   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
cat   
nep   

ISO 639 3
cat   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1289   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Catalan and Nepali 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 Catalan and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Catalan and Nepali Speaking population

Catalan and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Catalan and Nepali on Catalan vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Nepali Language Codes

Catalan and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Catalan and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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