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
  
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 in
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Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
489.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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