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Nepali and Danish


Danish and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
Nepal   
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Norwegian and Swedish   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
20   
17

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Hallo   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Mange tak   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
God nat   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
God aften   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
God eftermiddag   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
God morgen   

Please
कृपया   
Please   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Undskyld!   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Farvel   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Jeg elsker dig   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Undskyld mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Scanian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Sweden   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Jutlandic   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Denmark   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Bornholmsk   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Island of Bornholm   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
5.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
dansk   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Dansk, Rigsdansk   

French Name
népalais   
danois   

German Name
Nepali   
Dänisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Danish people or Danes   

History

Origin
19 BC   
c. 1100 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Rigsdansk   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Signed Danish   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
da   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
dan   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
dan   

ISO 639 3
npi   
dan   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
dani1284   

Linguasphere
12   
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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

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Nepali and Danish Speaking population

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

Nepali and Danish Language Codes

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

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