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English and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Nepal  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
-  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Hello  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Good Morning  

Please
कृपया  
Please  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Sorry  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Bye  

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
American English  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
English  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
English  

French Name
népalais  
anglais  

German Name
Nepali  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
English people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Standard English  

Language Position
59  
99+
3  
3

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
eng  

ISO 639 3
npi  
eng  

ISO 639 6
nep  
engs  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
12  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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

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Nepali and English Speaking population

Nepali and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and English languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Nepali vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and English Language Codes

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

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