Countries
India, Nepal
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Ireland
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Foras na Gaeilge
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.
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Hindi
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4818
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3613
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Dia dhuit
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
कृपया
le do thoil
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Tá brón orm
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Slán
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Doteli
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Nepal
Connacht
How Many People Speak
790,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Munster
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Nepal
Ulster
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
124
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.25 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
25.00 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.65 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
népalais
irlandais moyen
German Name
Nepali
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Irish people
Origin
19 BC
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Celtic
Branch
Indic
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Nepali
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
5925
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
gle
ISO 639 2/B
nep
gle
ISO 639 3
npi
gle
ISO 639 6
nep
gle
Glottocode
nepa1254
iris1253
Linguasphere
12
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional