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Nepali and Dutch


Dutch and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
6   
9

National Language
Nepal   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Hallo   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
goedemorgen   

Please
कृपया   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
sorry   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
vaarwel   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
6.00 million   
25

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Nederlands   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
népalais   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Nepali   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
19 BC   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Germanic   

Branch
Indic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
59   
99+
48   
35

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
dut   

ISO 639 3
npi   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
12   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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

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Nepali and Dutch Speaking population

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

Nepali and Dutch Language Codes

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

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