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Tagalog vs Nepali


Nepali vs Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Philippines  
Nepal  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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".
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
36  
26

Scripts
Baybayin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Salamat po  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

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

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
pakiusap  
कृपया  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Paálam  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

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

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
India, Nepal  

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
32
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
13
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
Tagalog  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

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

French Name
tagalog  
népalais  

German Name
Tagalog  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1593  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Nepali  

Language Position
58  
99+
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
nep  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
taga1269  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Tagalog and Nepali Language History

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

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

Tagalog vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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