Countries
India, Nepal
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Hindi
Telugu
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4849
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1214
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3635
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
कृपया
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Badaga
Where They Speak
Nepal
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
790,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Urali
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
kerala
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Nepal
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1220
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
népalais
kannada
German Name
Nepali
Kannada
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Kannadiga
Origin
19 BC
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
-
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Nepali
Modern Kannada
Language Position
5931
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
kan
ISO 639 2/B
nep
kan
ISO 639 3
npi
kan
ISO 639 6
nep
kan
Glottocode
nepa1254
nucl1305
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
-