Countries
India, Nepal
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
alo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
कृपया
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
scuze
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
népalais
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Romanians
  
Origin
19 BC
  
1521
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
12
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic