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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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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.

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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.

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