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Filipino and Nepali


Nepali and Filipino


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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Spanish Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
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  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Salamat  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

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

Good Night
magandang gabi  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Mangyaring  
कृपया  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Paalam  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

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

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
100,000,000.00  
7
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00  
39
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Waray  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million  
17
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.74 %  
11
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
45.00 million  
23
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
filipino  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Pilipino  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
filipino; pilipino  
népalais  

German Name
Pilipino  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Filipino 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
Filipino  
Nepali  

Language Position
34  
32
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Filipino Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
fil  
nep  

ISO 639 3
fil  
npi  

ISO 639 6
fil  
nep  

Glottocode
fili1244  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No Data Available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Filipino and Nepali Speaking population

Filipino and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 % 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 Filipino and Nepali on Filipino vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Nepali Language Codes

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

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