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Filipino vs Nepali


Nepali vs 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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Filipino and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Filipino vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Filipino and Nepali language. History of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th Century 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 Filipino and Nepali Language History.

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

Filipino vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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