Countries
India, Nepal
West Java
National Language
Nepal
Indonesia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Hindi
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Halo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Nuhun
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Wilujeng énjing
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Hapunten
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Punten
Dialect 1
Doteli
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Nepal
Banten
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Bogor
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bandung
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Not Available
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
népalais
soundanais
German Name
Nepali
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
19 BC
5th century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indonesian
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Sundanese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
sund1251
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali and Sundanese 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 Sundanese dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Sundanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Sundanese Dialects are spoken in different Sundanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Sundanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Sundanese dialects include: Western dialect , Northern dialect. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Sundanese Speaking population
Nepali and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Nepali vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Sundanese Language Codes
Nepali and Sundanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Sundanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
