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1 Countries
1.1 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
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
332
Bhojpuri
0 46
1.3 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
1.4 Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
South Africa
People's Republic of China
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Hindi
1.10 Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2648
Irish
18 247
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
512
Hebrew
0 32
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2136
German
9 60
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
76
Bengali
2 12
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks44 weeks
Cebuano
3 88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
Thank you
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
3.3 How Are You?
How are you?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
3.4 Good Night
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
3.5 Good Evening
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
3.8 Please
Please
कृपया
3.9 Sorry
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
3.10 Bye
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.11 I Love You
I love you
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
3.12 Excuse Me
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
American English
Doteli
4.1.1 Where They Speak
United States of America
Nepal
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00790,000.00
Macedonian
1.5 960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Bajhangi
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
India, Nepal
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00NA
Dzongkha
700 80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Welsh English
Baitadeli
4.3.1 Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Nepal
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00NA
Romanian
1400 96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
18812
Sanskrit
0 188
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million30.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.43 %0.25 %
Xhosa
0.11 89
5.3 Native Speakers
400.00 million25.00 million
Abkhaz
0.13 873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
400.00 million5.00 million
Finnish
0.01 400
5.3.2 Native Name
English
नेपाली (nēpālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
5.3.4 French Name
anglais
népalais
5.3.5 German Name
Englisch
Nepali
5.4 Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
6 History
6.1 Origin
5th Century AD
19 BC
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Indic
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard English
Nepali
6.3.3 Language Position
359
Chinese
1 120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Nepali
6.4 Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
en
ne
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
eng
nep
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
eng
nep
7.3 ISO 639 3
eng
npi
7.4 ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
stan1293
nepa1254
7.6 Linguasphere
52-ABA
12
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative

English vs Nepali Speaking Countries

There are plenty of languages spoken around the world. Every country has its own official language. Compare English vs Nepali speaking countries, so that you will have total count of countries that speak English or Nepali language.

  • English is spoken as a national language in: 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.
  • Nepali is spoken as a national language in: Nepal.

You will also get to know the continents where English and Nepali speaking countries lie. Based on the number of people that speak these languages, the position of English language is 3 and position of Nepali language is 59. Find all the information about these languages on English and Nepali.

English and Nepali Language History

Comparison of English vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of English and Nepali language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Nepali Language History.

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

English vs Nepali Difficulty

The English vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.