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Nepali and Malaysian


Malaysian and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Nepal  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Thailand  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Hai  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
terima kasih  

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Selamat pagi  

Please
कृपया  
sila  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
maaf  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Bahasa melayu  

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

French Name
népalais  
malais  

German Name
Nepali  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
59  
99+
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
may  

ISO 639 3
npi  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
nep  
may  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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

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Nepali and Malaysian Speaking population

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

Nepali and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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