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Nepali vs Armenian


Armenian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Armenian Highland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  

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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Greek  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
38  
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
32  
22

Scripts
Devanagari  
Armenian manuscript  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
12  
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Բարեւ (Barev)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Բարի օր (Bari or)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  

Please
कृपया  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
կներեք (knerek’)  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Ց'տեսություն  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Western Armenian  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Not Applicable  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Not Applicable  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
6.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  

French Name
népalais  
arménien  

German Name
Nepali  
Armenisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Armenians  

History

Origin
19 BC  
late 5th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
59  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
hy  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
hye  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
arm  

ISO 639 3
npi  
hye  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
12  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Nepali and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Armenian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. 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 Armenian Language History.

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

Nepali vs Armenian Difficulty

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

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