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Nepali vs Slovene


Slovene vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
48   
28
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Resian   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Styrian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Slovenia   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
48   
31

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)   
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   

History

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
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Nepali and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Slovene language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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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.

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