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Nepali vs Russian


Russian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Nepal   
Russia   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Cyrillic   

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
कृपया   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

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

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Novgorod   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Русский   

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

French Name
népalais   
russe   

German Name
Nepali   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Russians   

History

Origin
19 BC   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
59   
99+
7   
7

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
rus   

ISO 639 3
npi   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
12   
53-AAA-ea   

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 Russian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Russian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Russian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Russian language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Russian Language History.

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

Nepali vs Russian Difficulty

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

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