Countries
India, Nepal
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Nepal
France
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Hindi
Italian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
bonjour
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Merci
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Bonjour
Please
कृपया
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
désolé
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
au revoir
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Doteli
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Nepal
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
African French
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Africa
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Nepal
Northeast France, Switzerland
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
français
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Français
French Name
népalais
français
German Name
Nepali
Französisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
fras
Glottocode
nepa1254
stan1290
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Nepali and French Speaking population
Nepali and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and French languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Nepali vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and French Language Codes
Nepali and French language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and French Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.