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Nepali vs Arabic


Arabic vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
23   
4

National Language
Nepal   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International 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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Arabic.jpg#200   

Alphabets
48   
28
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
28   
18

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
صباح الخير   

Please
कृपया   
من فضلك   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
آسف   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
وداعا   

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
népalais   
arabe   

German Name
Nepali   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Arabs   

History

Origin
19 BC   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Semitic   

Branch
Indic   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
59   
99+
25   
21

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
ara   

ISO 639 3
npi   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
12   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Nepali and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Arabic language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Nepali and Arabic Language History.

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Nepali and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Arabic language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Arabic Difficulty

The Nepali vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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