Countries
India, Nepal
Norway
National Language
Nepal
Norway
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe, South America
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Nynorsk
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Norwegian Language Council
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.
- Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
- Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
Similar To
Hindi
Swedish and Danish Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
hallo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
takk
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
hvordan har du det?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
god natt
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
god kveld
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
god ettermiddag
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
god morgen
Please
कृपया
Vær så snill
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
unnskyld
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
ha det
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Doteli
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Nepal
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Sognamål
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Sogn
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Nepal
Hallingdal, Valdres
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Norsk
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Norsk
French Name
népalais
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
German Name
Nepali
Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Not Available
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Norwegians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Branch
Indic
Northern (Scandinavian)
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
Standard Forms
Nepali
Nynorsk, Bokmål
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Norwegian
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
norw1258
Linguasphere
12
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Nepali and Norwegian 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 Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Norwegian Speaking population
Nepali and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available. 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 Norwegian on Nepali vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Norwegian Language Codes
Nepali and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.