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Irish and Nepali


Nepali and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ireland   
Nepal   

Second Language
Ireland   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish 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
Not Available   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
13   
3
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
le do thoil   
कृपया   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Slán   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Munster   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
népalais   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
c. 750   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Goidelic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
nep   

ISO 639 3
gle   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Agglutinative   

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

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Irish and Nepali Speaking population

Irish and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available 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 Irish and Nepali on Irish vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Nepali Language Codes

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

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