Countries
India, Nepal
United States of America
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
United States of America
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
North America
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.
- Navajo language is tonal language, as it heavily relies on pitch to distinguish between similar words.
- Navajo ethinc group is 2nd largest Native American group.
Similar To
Hindi
Apache Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4836
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1212
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3634
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Yá'át'ééh
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Ahéhee'
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Ąąʼ haʼíí baa naniná?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Yá'át'ééh ałní'íní
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Yá'át'ééh
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Yá'át'ééh abíní
Please
कृपया
T'aa shoodi
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Nízhdził
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Hágoónee’
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ayóó ánííníshí
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Shoohá
Dialect 1
Doteli
Navajo1
Where They Speak
Nepal
Arizona
How Many People Speak
790,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Navajo2
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
New Mexico
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00170,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Navajo3
Where They Speak
Nepal
Utah
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00120,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
124
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million1.70 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million0.17 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Diné Bizaad / Dinék'ehjí
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Navaho
French Name
népalais
navaho
German Name
Nepali
Navajo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈnævəhoʊ]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Navajo people
Origin
19 BC
1500 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dené–Yeniseian Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Athapascan
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Navajo
Language Position
5929
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Navajo Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
nv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
nav
ISO 639 2/B
nep
nav
ISO 639 3
npi
nav
ISO 639 6
nep
nav
Glottocode
nepa1254
nava1243
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Polysynthetic, Synthetic