Countries
India, Nepal
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
  
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
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Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
कृपया
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
népalais
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
19 BC
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Slovak
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
12
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic