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Nepali vs Estonian


Estonian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nepal  
Estonia, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Finnish  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
18  
8

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Tere  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Tere hommikust  

Please
कृपया  
Palun  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Vabandust  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Head aega  

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Georgia, South Estonia  

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
Not Available  

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
Not Available  

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Eesti keel  

French Name
népalais  
estonien  

German Name
Nepali  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Estonians  

History

Origin
19 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Indic  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Estonian  

Language Position
59  
99+
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
est  

ISO 639 3
npi  
est  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Nepali and Estonian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Estonian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Estonian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Estonian Language History.

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

Nepali vs Estonian Difficulty

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

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