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Nepali vs Tagalog


Tagalog vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Philippines  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
18  
8

Scripts
Devanagari  
Baybayin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Kamusta  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
कृपया  
pakiusap  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Paálam  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
90,000.00  
30

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.42 %  
32

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
45.00 million  
13

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
népalais  
tagalog  

German Name
Nepali  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Filipino  

Language Position
59  
99+
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
npi  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
12  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Nepali and Tagalog Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Tagalog language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Tagalog language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Tagalog language states that this language originated in 1593. 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 Tagalog Language History.

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

Nepali vs Tagalog Difficulty

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

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