Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
India, Nepal
National Language
Germany
Nepal
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Hindi
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hallo
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Danke
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
gute Nacht
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
guten Abend
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
Good afternoon
Good Morning
guten Morgen
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
Verzeihung
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Tschüs
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Doteli
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Nepal
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Germany
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Texas German
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Texas
Nepal
Native Name
Deutsch
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
allemand
népalais
German Name
Deutsch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Germans
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
6th Century AD
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed German
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
nepa1254
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
All German 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 German and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of German and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Nepali Speaking population
German and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of German and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Nepali on German vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Nepali Language Codes
German and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.