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Nepali vs French


French vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
32   
3

National Language
Nepal   
France   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
bonjour   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Merci   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Bonjour   

Please
कृपया   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
désolé   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
au revoir   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
African French   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
français   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Français   

French Name
népalais   
français   

German Name
Nepali   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19 BC   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Standard French   

Language Position
59   
99+
13   
12

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
fre   

ISO 639 3
npi   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
12   
51-AAA-i   

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 French Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs French language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and French language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of French language states that this language originated in 9th 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 French Language History.

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

Nepali vs French Difficulty

The Nepali vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

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