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Estonian vs Nepali


Nepali vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
12   
9

How Many Consonants
18   
8
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
aitäh   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Head ööd   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Palun   
कृपया   

Sorry
Vabandust   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Head aega   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
eesti keel   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
estonien   
népalais   

German Name
Estnisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
13th century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Finnic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
nep   

ISO 639 3
est   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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Estonian and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Nepali language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Nepali Language History.

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

Estonian vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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