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Nepali and Arabic


Arabic and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
23  
4

National Language
Nepal  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
28  
18

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
مرحبا  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
شكرا  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
صباح الخير  

Please
कृपया  
من فضلك  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
آسف  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
وداعا  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
népalais  
arabe  

German Name
Nepali  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Arabs  

History

Origin
19 BC  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
59  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
ara  

ISO 639 3
npi  
ara  

ISO 639 6
nep  
ara  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
12  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Nepali and Arabic Speaking population

Nepali and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Nepali and Arabic on Nepali vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Arabic Language Codes

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

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