Countries
India, Nepal
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Nepal
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Hindi
German and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Hallo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
dankjewel
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
goedemiddag
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
goedemorgen
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
sorry
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
vaarwel
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
pardon
Dialect 1
Doteli
Gronings
Where They Speak
Nepal
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Nepal
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
népalais
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Nepali
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Dutch people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nepa1254
mode1257
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
All Nepali and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Dutch Speaking population
Nepali and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Nepali vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Dutch Language Codes
Nepali and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.