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Catalan vs Nepali


Nepali vs 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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Catalan and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Nepali language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Nepali Language History.

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

Catalan vs Nepali Difficulty

The Catalan vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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