Countries
India, Nepal
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Spain
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
Similar To
Hindi
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4827
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3623
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Hola
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Gràcies
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Com estàs?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Bona nit
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Bona nit
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Bona tarda
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Bon dia
Please
कृपया
Sisplau
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Perdó!
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Adéu
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
T'estimo
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dispensi!
Dialect 1
Doteli
Caló
Where They Speak
Nepal
France, Portugal, Spain
How Many People Speak
790,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Valencian
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Spain
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.002,400,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Ribagorçan
Where They Speak
Nepal
Spain
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
128
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million9.20 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.25 %0.12 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million4.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
català
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
French Name
népalais
catalan; valencien
German Name
Nepali
Katalanisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Catalan people
Origin
19 BC
c. 1028
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Catalan
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Language Position
5932
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Catalan
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
ca
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
cat
ISO 639 2/B
nep
cat
ISO 639 3
npi
cat
ISO 639 6
nep
cat
Glottocode
nepa1254
stan1289
Linguasphere
12
51-AAA-e
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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