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Nepali vs Italian


Italian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Nepal   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
16   
6

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)   
ciao   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
grazie   

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
buongiorno   

Please
कृपया   
Per Favore   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
scusate   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
arrivederci   

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Italiano   

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

French Name
népalais   
italien   

German Name
Nepali   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Italians   

History

Origin
19 BC   
960 BC   

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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Italian   

Language Position
59   
99+
27   
23

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
ita   

ISO 639 3
npi   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
12   
51-AAA-q   

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Italian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Nepali vs Italian Difficulty

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

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