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Irish and Nepali


Nepali and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Ireland  
Nepal  

Second Language
Ireland  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
United Kingdom  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish 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
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18  
1
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
13  
3
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Oíche mhaith  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
le do thoil  
कृपया  

Sorry
Tá brón orm  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Slán  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Is breá liom thú  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Connacht  
Nepal  

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

Dialect 2
Munster Irish  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Munster  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
150,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Ulster  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.14 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
irlandais moyen  
népalais  

German Name
Mittelirisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Irish people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
c. 750  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Celtic  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Goidelic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil  
Nepali  

Language Position
25  
23
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ga  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
gle  
nep  

ISO 639 3
gle  
npi  

ISO 639 6
gle  
nep  

Glottocode
iris1253  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
50-AAA  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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

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Irish and Nepali Speaking population

Irish and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is 0.03 % 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 Irish and Nepali on Irish vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Nepali Language Codes

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

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