Countries
India, Nepal
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
  
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
hej
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
god morgon
  
Please
कृपया
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
ledsen
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
hej då
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
15.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
népalais
  
suédois
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
19 BC
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Standard Swedish
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
12
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Nepali and Swedish Speaking population
Nepali and Swedish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Swedish languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Swedish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 %. 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 Swedish on Nepali vs Swedish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Swedish Language Codes
Nepali and Swedish language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Swedish Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.