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Nepali and Irish


Irish and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
European Union, Ireland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nepal  
Ireland  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Ireland  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Foras na Gaeilge  

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.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
18  
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
13  
3

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Dia dhuit  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Go raibh maith agat  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Conas atá tú ?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Oíche mhaith  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Tráthnóna maith duit  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Dia dhuit ar maidin  

Please
कृपया  
le do thoil  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Tá brón orm  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Slán  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Is breá liom thú  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Gabh mo leithscéal  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Connacht Irish  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Connacht  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Munster Irish  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Munster  

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Ulster Irish  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Ulster  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.14 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
1.65 million  
35

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  

French Name
népalais  
irlandais moyen  

German Name
Nepali  
Mittelirisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Irish people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
c. 750  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Celtic  

Branch
Indic  
Goidelic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  

Language Position
59  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Irish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
ga  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
gle  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
gle  

ISO 639 3
npi  
gle  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
iris1253  

Linguasphere
12  
50-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Nepali and Irish Speaking population

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

Nepali and Irish Language Codes

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

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