Countries
India, Nepal
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Nepal
Ethiopia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Hindi
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Selam
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
i'ndemin adäru
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
aznallehu
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
tschao
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
yiqirta
Where They Speak
Nepal
Gondar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Gojjami
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Showa
Where They Speak
Nepal
Ethiopia
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
népalais
amharique
German Name
Nepali
Amharisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Amharas
Origin
19 BC
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Semitic
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Nepali
Amharic
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
amha1245
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Nepali and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Amharic Speaking population
Nepali and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Nepali vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Amharic Language Codes
Nepali and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.