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Nepali vs Irish


Irish vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
European Union, Ireland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nepal   
Ireland   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Ireland   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Foras na Gaeilge   

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.
  
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
18   
1

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
13   
3

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Dia dhuit   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Go raibh maith agat   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Conas atá tú ?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Oíche mhaith   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Tráthnóna maith duit   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Dia dhuit ar maidin   

Please
कृपया   
le do thoil   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Tá brón orm   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Slán   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Is breá liom thú   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Gabh mo leithscéal   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Connacht Irish   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Connacht   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Munster Irish   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Munster   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Ulster Irish   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Ulster   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
0.14 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
1.65 million   
35

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   

French Name
népalais   
irlandais moyen   

German Name
Nepali   
Mittelirisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Irish people   

History

Origin
19 BC   
c. 750   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Celtic   

Branch
Indic   
Goidelic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Irish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
ga   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
gle   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
gle   

ISO 639 3
npi   
gle   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
iris1253   

Linguasphere
12   
50-AAA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional   

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Nepali and Irish Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Irish language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Irish language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Irish language states that this language originated in c. 750. 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 Irish Language History.

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

Nepali vs Irish Difficulty

The Nepali vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.

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