Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
India, Nepal
  
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 in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Caló
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
  
Nepal
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
9.20 million
  
99+
30.00 million
  
36
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
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
  
Catalan 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 Catalan and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Nepali language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Nepali Difficulty
The Catalan vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.