Countries
India, Nepal
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
कृपया
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
népalais
  
slovène
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
19 BC
  
972-1093
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
12
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Nepali and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Slovene language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Slovene Difficulty
The Nepali vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.