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Nepali and Estonian


Estonian and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nepal  
Estonia, Gambia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Finnish  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
9  
6

How Many Consonants
36  
26
18  
8

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Tere  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Tere hommikust  

Please
कृपया  
Palun  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Vabandust  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Head aega  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Eesti keel  

French Name
népalais  
estonien  

German Name
Nepali  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Estonians  

History

Origin
19 BC  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
Indic  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Estonian  

Language Position
59  
99+
22  
20

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
est  

ISO 639 3
npi  
est  

ISO 639 6
nep  
est  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Nepali and Estonian Speaking population

Nepali and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 Estonian on Nepali vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Estonian Language Codes

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