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Nepali vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Nepal  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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 politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Hai  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
terima kasih  

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
कृपया  
sila  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
maaf  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
1,600,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
30,000.00  
40

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,100,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Not Available  

French Name
népalais  
malais  

German Name
Nepali  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19 BC  
c. 683 AD  

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  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
59  
99+
54  
39

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
may  

ISO 639 3
npi  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Nepali and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Malaysian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 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 Malaysian Language History.

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

Nepali vs Malaysian Difficulty

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

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