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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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