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Cebuano and Nepali


Nepali and Cebuano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Philippines  
Nepal  

Second Language
Philippines  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
  • 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
Hiligaynon Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Island of Cebu  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
16  
6
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks  
1
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hoy  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Salamat  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Maayong Gabii  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Maayong Gabii  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Maayong Buntag  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Palihug  
कृपया  

Sorry
Ikasubo ko  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Babay  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Boholano  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Bohol  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
28
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Southern Kana  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
southern Leyte  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
25
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
North Kana  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
21.00 million  
36
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
14.50 million  
35
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Visayan  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
cebuano  
népalais  

German Name
Cebuano  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Cebuano people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
16th century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano  
Nepali  

Language Position
62  
99+
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ceb  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
ceb  
nep  

ISO 639 3
ceb  
npi  

ISO 639 6
ceb  
nep  

Glottocode
cebu1242  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Cebuano and Nepali Speaking population

Cebuano and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % 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 Cebuano and Nepali on Cebuano vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cebuano and Nepali Language Codes

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

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