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Nepali and Estonian


Estonian and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Estonia, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nepal   
Estonia, Gambia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Institute of the Estonian Language   

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Finnish   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
9   
6

How Many Consonants
36   
26
18   
8

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Tere   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
aitäh   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
kuidas sul läheb   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Head ööd   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Tere õhtust   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Tere päevast   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Tere hommikust   

Please
कृपया   
Palun   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Vabandust   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Head aega   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
ma armastan sind   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Vabandage   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Keskmurre   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Tartu   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Georgia, South Estonia   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Idamurre   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
0.95 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
eesti keel   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Eesti keel   

French Name
népalais   
estonien   

German Name
Nepali   
Estnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Estonians   

History

Origin
19 BC   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Indic   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Estonian   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Estonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
et   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
est   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
est   

ISO 639 3
npi   
est   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
esto1258   

Linguasphere
12   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Agglutinative   

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

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Nepali and Estonian Speaking population

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Nepali and Estonian Language Codes

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