Countries
Countries
India, Nepal
East Asia, European Union, South America
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
3
12
National Language
Nepal
East Asia, European Union
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, South America
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Akademio de Esperanto
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 most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
- Esperanto is an artificial international language.
Similar To
Hindi
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Esperanto-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
48
28
32
14
Phonology
How Many Vowels
12
9
5
2
How Many Consonants
36
26
27
17
Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
6
5
2
1
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
6 weeks
3
Greetings
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Halo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Dankon
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Kiel vi sanas?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Bonan nokton
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Bonan vesperon
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Bonan posttagmezon
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Bonan matenon
Please
कृपया
Mi petas
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Mi bedaŭras!
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Ĝis poste
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Mi amas vin
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Pardonu!
Dialects
Dialect 1
Doteli
Not present
Where They Speak
Nepal
Not present
How Many People Speak
790,000.00
30
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Not present
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Not present
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Not present
Where They Speak
Nepal
Not present
Total No. Of Dialects
12
12
0
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
36
2.20 million
99+
Speaking Population
0.25 %
99+
Not Available
Native Speakers
25.00 million
32
0.20 million
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
29
2.00 million
34
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Esperanto
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia
French Name
népalais
espéranto
German Name
Nepali
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espeˈranto]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Not Available
History
Origin
19 BC
1887
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-Esperanto
Standard Forms
Nepali
Esperanto
Language Position
59
99+
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signuno
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
ne
eo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
epo
ISO 639 2/B
nep
epo
ISO 639 3
npi
epo
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
espe1235
Linguasphere
12
51-AAB-da
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Constructed
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
