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Nepali vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
2  
13

National Language
France  
Nepal  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Republic of Brazil  

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
20  
10
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Merci  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
कृपया  

Sorry
désolé  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
au revoir  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
African French  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Africa  
India, Nepal  

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
français  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Français  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
français  
népalais  

German Name
Französisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
9th Century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Nepali  

Language Position
13  
12
59  
99+

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
nep  

ISO 639 3
fra  
npi  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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French and Nepali Language History

Comparison of French vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of French and Nepali language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French and Nepali Language History.

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

French vs Nepali Difficulty

The French vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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