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Nepali and Danish


Danish and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Nepal  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
20  
17

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Hallo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
God nat  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
God morgen  

Please
कृपया  
Please  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Undskyld!  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Farvel  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
népalais  
danois  

German Name
Nepali  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
19 BC  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
59  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
dan  

ISO 639 3
npi  
dan  

ISO 639 6
nep  
dan  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
12  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Nepali and Danish Speaking population

Nepali and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Nepali vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Danish Language Codes

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

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