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Nepali vs Ukrainian


Ukrainian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
Ukraine   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Russian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
22   
12

Scripts
Devanagari   
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   

Please
कृपया   
будь ласк   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
вибачте (vybachte)   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
до побачення (do pobachennya)   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Podillian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Volynian   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Rivne, Volyn   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Steppe   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
39.00 million   
32

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.46 %   
30

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
39.00 million   
25

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Not Available   

French Name
népalais   
ukrainien   

German Name
Nepali   
Ukrainisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Ukrainians   

History

Origin
19 BC   
1561   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Slavic   

Branch
Indic   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Modern Ukrainian   

Language Position
59   
99+
26   
22

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Ukrainian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
uk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
ukr   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
ukr   

ISO 639 3
npi   
ukr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
ukra1253   

Linguasphere
12   
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Nepali and Ukrainian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Ukrainian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Ukrainian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Ukrainian language states that this language originated in 1561. 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 Ukrainian Language History.

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

Nepali vs Ukrainian Difficulty

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

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