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Nepali and Filipino


Filipino 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   
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Tagalog Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Spanish Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
23   
13

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Kumusta   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Salamat   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Kumusta   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
magandang gabi   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Magandang gabi   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Magandang hapon   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Magandang umaga   

Please
कृपया   
Mangyaring   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
pinagsisisihan   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Paalam   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Mahal kita   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
patawarin ninyo ako   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Bikol   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Hiligaynon   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
8,200,000.00   
11

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Waray   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,600,000.00   
13

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
90.00 million   
17

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
45.00 million   
23

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
45.00 million   
13

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
filipino   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Pilipino   

French Name
népalais   
filipino; pilipino   

German Name
Nepali   
Pilipino   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Not Available   

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   
Filipino   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

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   
fil   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
fil   

ISO 639 3
npi   
fil   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
fili1244   

Linguasphere
12   
No Data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Nepali and Filipino Speaking population

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

Nepali and Filipino Language Codes

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