Countries
India, Nepal
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
कृपया
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
bye
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Kazakhstan
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
népalais
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
19 BC
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Kazakh
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
12
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative