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Nepali and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
28  
18
36  
26

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
شكرا  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
من فضلك  
कृपया  

Sorry
آسف  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
وداعا  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

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

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
arabe  
népalais  

German Name
Arabisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
512 CE  
19 BC  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
North Arabic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Nepali  

Language Position
25  
23
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
nep  

ISO 639 3
ara  
npi  

ISO 639 6
ara  
nep  

Glottocode
arab1395  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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All Arabic and Nepali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Nepali Speaking population

Arabic and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Nepali on Arabic vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Nepali Language Codes

Arabic and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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