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Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
7  
8

National Language
Nepal  
Germany  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
9  
1

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
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
hallo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Danke  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
guten Morgen  

Please
कृपया  
bitte  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Verzeihung  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Tschüs  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Deutsch  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Deutsch, Tedesco  

French Name
népalais  
allemand  

German Name
Nepali  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Germans  

History

Origin
19 BC  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Germanic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
59  
99+
9  
9

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed German  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
ger  

ISO 639 3
npi  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
12  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Nepali and German Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs German language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and German language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD. 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 German Language History.

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

Nepali vs German Difficulty

The Nepali vs German difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and German 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 German are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and German, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn German time required is 30 weeks.

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