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Catalan and Nepali


Nepali and Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Nepal  

Second Language
Spain  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Latin  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Gràcies  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Bona nit  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Sisplau  
कृपया  

Sorry
Perdó!  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Adéu  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
T'estimo  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Spain  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
català  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
népalais  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Nepali  

Language Position
32  
30
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
nep  

ISO 639 3
cat  
npi  

ISO 639 6
cat  
nep  

Glottocode
stan1289  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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All Catalan 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 Catalan and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Catalan and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Catalan are spoken in different Catalan Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Catalan vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Catalan dialects include: Caló, Valencian. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Catalan and Nepali Speaking population

Catalan and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % 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 Catalan and Nepali on Catalan vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Nepali Language Codes

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

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