Countries
India, Nepal
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
National Language
Nepal
France, Spain
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Kaixo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Zer moduz?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Gabon
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Egun on
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Barkatu
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Agur
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Doteli
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Nepal
France
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Souletin
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
France, Soule, Spain
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Nepal
Spain
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Euskara
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
népalais
basque
German Name
Nepali
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Basque people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Nepali
Basque
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
-
Glottocode
nepa1254
basq1248
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
All Nepali and Basque 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 Basque dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Basque language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Basque Dialects are spoken in different Basque speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Basque Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Basque dialects include: Navarro-Lapurdian , Souletin. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Basque Speaking population
Nepali and Basque speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Basque languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Basque Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Basque language is 0.12 %. 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 Basque on Nepali vs Basque where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Basque Language Codes
Nepali and Basque language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Basque Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.