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Nepali vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
  
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
26   
16

Scripts
Devanagari   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
कृपया   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
жал (žal)   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Debar   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Macedonia   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
28   
23

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
népalais   
macédonien   

German Name
Nepali   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
19 BC   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Macedonian   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
mac   

ISO 639 3
npi   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
12   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Analytic   

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Nepali and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Macedonian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 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 Macedonian Language History.

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

Nepali vs Macedonian Difficulty

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

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