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Italian vs Nepali


Nepali vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Nepal   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Hindi   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
ciao   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
grazie   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
buonanotte   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
buonasera   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Per Favore   
कृपया   

Sorry
scusate   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
arrivederci   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Ti amo   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Italiano   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

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

French Name
italien   
népalais   

German Name
Italienisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
960 BC   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Italian   
Nepali   

Language Position
27   
23
59   
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
nep   

ISO 639 3
ita   
npi   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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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Italian and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Nepali language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Nepali Language History.

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

Italian vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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