Countries
India, Nepal
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Nepal
Germany
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Hindi
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
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German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
hallo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Danke
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
gute Nacht
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
guten Tag
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
guten Morgen
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Verzeihung
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Tschüs
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Doteli
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Nepal
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Swabian German
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Texas German
Where They Speak
Nepal
Texas
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
népalais
allemand
German Name
Nepali
Deutsch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Germans
Origin
19 BC
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed German
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
nepa1254
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
12
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
All Nepali and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and German Speaking population
Nepali and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and German languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Nepali vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and German Language Codes
Nepali and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.