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Nepali and Indonesian


Indonesian and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Malay language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
19   
9

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Halo   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Terima kasih   

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
कृपया   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
maaf   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
népalais   
indonésien   

German Name
Nepali   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
19 BC   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indonesian   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Indonesian   

Language Position
59   
99+
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
ind   

ISO 639 3
npi   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
indo1316   

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

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Nepali and Indonesian Speaking population

Nepali and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Nepali vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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