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Nepali and Filipino


Filipino and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Philippines  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
23  
13

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Kumusta  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Salamat  

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Magandang umaga  

Please
कृपया  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Paalam  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
100,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
8,200,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
2,600,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.74 %  
11

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
filipino  

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

French Name
népalais  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Nepali  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Filipino people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Filipino  

Language Position
59  
99+
34  
32

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Filipino Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
fil  

ISO 639 3
npi  
fil  

ISO 639 6
nep  
fil  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
fili1244  

Linguasphere
12  
No Data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Nepali and Filipino Speaking population

Nepali and Filipino speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Filipino languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Filipino Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Filipino language is 1.74 %. 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 Filipino on Nepali vs Filipino where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Filipino Language Codes

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

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