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Nepali and Cebuano


Cebuano and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
Philippines   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Philippines   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters   

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Hiligaynon Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
16   
6

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Hoy   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Salamat   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Kumusta man ka?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Maayong Gabii   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Maayong Hapon   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Maayong Buntag   

Please
कृपया   
Palihug   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Ikasubo ko   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Babay   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Gihigugma ko ikaw   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Ekskyus mi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Bohol   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
southern Leyte   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
northern part of Leyte   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
14.50 million   
19

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Visayan   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan   

French Name
népalais   
cebuano   

German Name
Nepali   
Cebuano   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
19 BC   
16th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
59   
99+
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
ceb   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
ceb   

ISO 639 3
npi   
ceb   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
12   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Nepali and Cebuano Speaking population

Nepali and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Nepali vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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