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Nepali vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
Philippines   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Commission on the Filipino 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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Ilokano Braille, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Kablaaw   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Agyamanak   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Kumusta?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Naimbag a rabii   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Naimbag a sardam   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Naimbag a malem   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Naimbag a bigat   

Please
कृपया   
Not available   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Agpakawanak   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Pakada   

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Maawan-dayawen   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Balangao   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
21,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Bontoc   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Philippines   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
41,000.00   
39

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Not present   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.14 %   
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
9.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
ilokano   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Ilokano, Iloko   

French Name
népalais   
ilocano   

German Name
Nepali   
Ilokano-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Ilocano people   

History

Origin
19 BC   
18th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Modern Ilocano   

Language Position
59   
99+
94   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
ilo   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
ilo   

ISO 639 3
npi   
ilo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
ilok1237   

Linguasphere
12   
31-CBA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Nepali and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Ilocano language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Nepali vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Nepali vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.

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