Countries
India, Nepal
  
Philippines
  
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 in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.