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Malaysian and Nepali


Nepali and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

National Language
Malaysia  
Nepal  

Second Language
Indonesia  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Thailand  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
  • 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
Indonesian Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Tamil Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
24  
14
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hai  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
terima kasih  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

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

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Selamat Petang  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Selamat pagi  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
sila  
कृपया  

Sorry
maaf  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Saya sayang kamu  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Maafkan saya  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
25
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
40
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Musi  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
11
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Bahasa melayu  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
malais  
népalais  

German Name
Malaiisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay  
Nepali  

Language Position
54  
39
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ms  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
msa  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
may  
nep  

ISO 639 3
zsm  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1306  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Malaysian and Nepali Speaking population

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

Malaysian and Nepali Language Codes

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

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