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Indonesian and Nepali


Nepali and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Indonesia   
Nepal   

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
12   
9

How Many Consonants
19   
9
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Terima kasih   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Apa kabar?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Selamat Malam   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Malam yang baik   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
mohon Untuk   
कृपया   

Sorry
maaf   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Selamat tinggal   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Permisi   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00   
8
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
46   
30
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
1.16 %   
14
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
indonésien   
népalais   

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
7th Century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Nepali   

Language Position
56   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
id   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
ind   
nep   

ISO 639 3
ind   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
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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All Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Indonesian and Nepali Speaking population

Indonesian and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Nepali on Indonesian vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Nepali Language Codes

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

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