Countries
India, Nepal
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
ciao
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
buongiorno
  
Please
कृपया
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
scusate
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Italiano
  
French Name
népalais
  
italien
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Italians
  
Origin
19 BC
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Romance
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
12
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic