Countries
India, Nepal
South Africa
National Language
Nepal
South Africa
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Hindi
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
hallo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Dankie
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
goeie nag
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Goeie middag
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
goeie more
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
jammer
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Not Available
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Doteli
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Nepal
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Nepal
Namibia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Cape Dutch
French Name
népalais
afrikaans
German Name
Nepali
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Afrikaners
Origin
19 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
nepa1254
afri1274
Linguasphere
12
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic
All Nepali and Afrikaans 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 Nepali and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Afrikaans Speaking population
Nepali and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Nepali and Afrikaans on Nepali vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Afrikaans Language Codes
Nepali and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.