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German and Nepali


Nepali and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
Nepal   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Hindi   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Danke   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
bitte   
कृपया   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Tschüs   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Germany   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Deutsch   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
allemand   
népalais   

German Name
Deutsch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Western   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Nepali   

Language Position
9   
9
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
nep   

ISO 639 3
deu   
npi   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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German and Nepali Speaking population

German and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of German and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Nepali on German vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Nepali Language Codes

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

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