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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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