Countries
India, Nepal
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Gambia, Kazakhstan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Kazakh language agency
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 Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
Similar To
Hindi
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4824
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3617
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
Please
कृपया
өтінемін (ötinemin)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
bye
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Northeastern Kazakh
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
790,000.0018,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Southern Kazakh
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0018,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Western Kazakh
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kazakhstan
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0018,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
123
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million11.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
French Name
népalais
kazakh
German Name
Nepali
Kasachisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Kazahks
Origin
19 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Turkic
Branch
Indic
Northwestern (Kipchak)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Kazakh
Language Position
5993
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Kazakh Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
kk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
kaz
ISO 639 2/B
nep
kaz
ISO 639 3
npi
kaz
ISO 639 6
nep
kaz
Glottocode
nepa1254
kaza1248
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative