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Nepali and Indonesian


Indonesian and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Malay language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Halo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Terima kasih  

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
कृपया  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
maaf  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
népalais  
indonésien  

German Name
Nepali  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
19 BC  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indonesian  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Indonesian  

Language Position
59  
99+
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
ind  

ISO 639 3
npi  
ind  

ISO 639 6
nep  
ind  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
indo1316  

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

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Nepali and Indonesian Speaking population

Nepali and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Nepali vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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