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Nepali Language



Countries
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Countries
India, Nepal 0

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

National Language
Nepal 0

Second Language
Republic of Brazil 0

Speaking Continents
Asia 0

Minority Language
People's Republic of China 0

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal 0

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.
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Similar To
Hindi 0

Derived From
Sanskrit Language 0

Alphabets
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Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200 0

Alphabets
48 28

Phonology
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How Many Vowels
12 9

How Many Consonants
36 26

Scripts
Devanagari 0

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal 0

Hard to Learn
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Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 11

Greetings
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste) 0

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad) 0

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?) 0

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri) 0

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya) 0

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon 0

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat) 0

Please
कृपया 0

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus) 0

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste) 0

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu) 0

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus) 0

Dialects
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Dialect 1
Doteli 0

Where They Speak
Nepal 0

How Many People Speak
790,000.00 30

Dialect 2
Bajhangi 0

Where They Speak
India, Nepal 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Dialect 3
Baitadeli 0

Where They Speak
Nepal 0

How Many People Speak
Not Available 0

Total No. Of Dialects
12 12

How Many People Speak
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million 36

Speaking Population
0.25 % 41

Native Speakers
25.00 million 32

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million 29

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī) 0

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate 0

French Name
népalais 0

German Name
Nepali 0

Pronunciation
Not Available 0

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu 0

History
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Origin
19 BC 0

Language Family
Indo-European Family 0

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian 0

Branch
Indic 0

Language Forms
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Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha 0

Standard Forms
Nepali 0

Language Position
59 44

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali 0

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage 0

Code
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ISO 639 1
ne 0

ISO 639 2
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ISO 639 2/T
nep 0

ISO 639 2/B
nep 0

ISO 639 3
npi 0

ISO 639 6
Not Available 0

Glottocode
nepa1254 0

Linguasphere
12 0

Types of Language
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Language Type
Living 0

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb 0

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative 0

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Origin of Nepali language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Nepali language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Nepali language states that it was put to use in 19 BC. The history of Nepali language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Nepali Language History.The evolution of Nepali language began with early forms such as Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha. Nepali is the standard form of Nepali language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Nepali Language.

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Nepali population

Nepali population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Nepali language. Nepali language is spoken by 30.00 million people in the world. Most of the Nepali population lies in the Nepali Speaking Countries. Nepali language is spoken as first language by 25.00 million people and as second language by about 5.00 million people. Get to know Nepali speaking population in detail.

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Nepali writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Nepali writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Nepali language. Some languages share common writing systems. Devanagari script is used by Nepali language. Learn more about . 

Information about Nepali language

Check out all the information about Nepali language here. You may find it interesting to learn Nepali Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Nepali Speaking Countries, Nepali speaking continents and Nepali Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Nepali countries knowing common Nepali Greetings will help you in communicating with Nepali people.

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