Countries
India, Nepal
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Hindi
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4821
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3620
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Salama!
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Misaotra
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Alina tsara
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Maraina tsara
Please
कृपया
azafady
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Miala tsiny
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Veloma!
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Azafady
Dialect 1
Doteli
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Nepal
Merina
How Many People Speak
790,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Nepal
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How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
122
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million18.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
népalais
malgache
German Name
Nepali
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Malagasy people
Origin
19 BC
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Austronesian
Branch
Indic
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
standard Malagasy
Language Position
5984
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ne
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
nep
mlg
ISO 639 3
npi
mlg
ISO 639 6
nep
mlg
Glottocode
nepa1254
mala1537
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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