Countries
India, Nepal
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Abkhazia
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
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.
  
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Adyghe language, Abaza language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Caucasian languages
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
  
Please
कृपया
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Not Available
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Bzyb
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Abkhazia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Abzhywa
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Caucasus
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Sadz
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Turkey
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
0.13 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.13 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Abxazo, Abkhazian
  
French Name
népalais
  
abkhaze
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Abchasisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Abkhaz people
  
Origin
19 BC
  
c. 1650
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Northwest Caucasian
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Abkhaz
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
ab
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
abk
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
abk
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
abk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
abks
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
abkh1244
  
Linguasphere
12
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Nepali and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Nepali and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Abkhaz language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Nepali vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Nepali and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.