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Nepali and Malaysian


Malaysian and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Nepal   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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 politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
24   
14

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Hai   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Selamat pagi   

Please
कृपया   
sila   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
maaf   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Not Available   

French Name
népalais   
malais   

German Name
Nepali   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19 BC   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
59   
99+
54   
39

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
may   

ISO 639 3
npi   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
stan1306   

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   

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

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Nepali and Malaysian Speaking population

Nepali and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Nepali vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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