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Estonian and Nepali


Nepali and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
18  
8
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
aitäh  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Head ööd  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Palun  
कृपया  

Sorry
Vabandust  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Head aega  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

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

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
estonien  
népalais  

German Name
Estnisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
13th century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Finnic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Nepali  

Language Position
22  
20
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
nep  

ISO 639 3
est  
npi  

ISO 639 6
est  
nep  

Glottocode
esto1258  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Estonian and Nepali Speaking population

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Estonian and Nepali Language Codes

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

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