Countries
India, Nepal
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
कृपया
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
2.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
népalais
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
19 BC
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
12
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Analytic