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Indonesian and Nepali


Nepali and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
Nepal  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
19  
9
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

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

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
mohon Untuk  
कृपया  

Sorry
maaf  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
indonésien  
népalais  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
7th Century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Nepali  

Language Position
56  
99+
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
nep  

ISO 639 3
ind  
npi  

ISO 639 6
ind  
nep  

Glottocode
indo1316  
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 Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Indonesian and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Indonesian are spoken in different Indonesian Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Indonesian vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese, Balinese. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Indonesian and Nepali Speaking population

Indonesian and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Nepali on Indonesian vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Nepali Language Codes

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

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