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Spanish vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
46   
1

National Language
Nepal   
Spain   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
French Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
22   
12

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
hola   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Gracias   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Cómo estás?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
Buenas Noches   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Bonne soirée   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Buenas Tardes   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Buenos Días   

Please
कृपया   
Por Favor   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
triste   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
adiós   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
89.50 million   
9

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Español   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Castellano, Castilian, Español   

French Name
népalais   
espagnol; castillan   

German Name
Nepali   
Spanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19 BC   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Romance   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
59   
99+
2   
2

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
spa   

ISO 639 3
npi   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
12   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Nepali and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Spanish language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Nepali vs Spanish Difficulty

The Nepali vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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