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French and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
32  
3

National Language
Nepal  
France  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Africa, Canada  

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

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Italian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
bonjour  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Merci  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Comment allez-vous?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
bonne Nuit  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
bonsoir  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
bon Après-Midi  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Bonjour  

Please
कृपया  
S'il vous plaît  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
désolé  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
au revoir  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Je t'aime  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Excuse Moi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Quebec French  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
6,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
African French  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Africa  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
274,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Swiss French  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Northeast France, Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
1,800,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.12 %  
18

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
76.00 million  
13

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
87.00 million  
11

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
français  

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

French Name
népalais  
français  

German Name
Nepali  
Französisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
French people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
9th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Old French, Middle French and French  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Standard French  

Language Position
59  
99+
13  
12

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
fr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
fra  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
fre  

ISO 639 3
npi  
fra  

ISO 639 6
nep  
fras  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
stan1290  

Linguasphere
12  
51-AAA-i  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Nepali and French Speaking population

Nepali and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and French languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Nepali vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and French Language Codes

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

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