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Malaysian vs Nepali


Nepali vs 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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Malaysian and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Nepali language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD 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 Malaysian and Nepali Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Nepali Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian 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 Malaysian and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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