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Nepali vs Slovak


Slovak vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Nepal   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
15   
12

How Many Consonants
36   
26
38   
27

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Ahoj   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Dobré ráno   

Please
कृपया   
Prosím   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Pardón!   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
5.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
népalais   
slovaque   

German Name
Nepali   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
19 BC   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Slovak   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
slo   

ISO 639 3
npi   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
12   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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Nepali and Slovak Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Slovak language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Slovak language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century. 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 Slovak Language History.

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

Nepali vs Slovak Difficulty

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

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