Countries
India, Nepal
  
European Union, Ireland
  
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 in
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Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Connacht
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.