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Nepali and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
2   
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Nepal   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Hindi   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Thank you   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
How are you?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Good Night   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Please   
कृपया   

Sorry
Sorry   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Bye   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
I love you   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
English   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
anglais   
népalais   

German Name
Englisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Nepali   

Language Position
3   
3
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
nep   

ISO 639 3
eng   
npi   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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English and Nepali Speaking population

English and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of English and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Nepali on English vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Nepali Language Codes

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

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