Countries
Indonesia
India, Nepal
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 in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
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)
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Doteli
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Nepal
Dialect 2
Balinese
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Malay
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Nepali
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
indo1316
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Nepali language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Nepali Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.