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Cebuano and Nepali


Nepali and Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Philippines   
Nepal   

Second Language
Philippines   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
  • 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
Hiligaynon Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Island of Cebu   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
16   
6
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks   
1
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hoy   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Salamat   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Maayong Gabii   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Palihug   
कृपया   

Sorry
Ikasubo ko   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Babay   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Bohol   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Southern Kana   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
southern Leyte   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
North Kana   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
Not Available   
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million   
36
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million   
19
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Visayan   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
cebuano   
népalais   

German Name
Cebuano   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Cebuano people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
16th century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano   
Nepali   

Language Position
62   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
ceb   
nep   

ISO 639 3
ceb   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cebu1242   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Cebuano and Nepali Speaking population

Cebuano and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % 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 Cebuano and Nepali on Cebuano vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Nepali Language Codes

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