Countries
India, Nepal
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
South 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.
- One of the most widely spoken indigenous language in the America is Quechua.
- Quechua language has borrowed many words from Spanish.
Similar To
Hindi
Aymara and Guarani Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4831
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
125
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3626
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Rimaykullayki
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Solpayki
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Allillanchu
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Allin tuta
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Wuynas nuchis
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Wuynas tardis
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Wuynus diyas
Please
कृपया
jamuspa
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Pampachaykuway
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
bye
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Kuyayki
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Pampachaway
Dialect 1
Doteli
Ancash
Where They Speak
Nepal
Peru
How Many People Speak
790,000.00920,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Huánuco
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Peru
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00190,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Yaru
Where They Speak
Nepal
Peru
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1210
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million8.90 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million8.90 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million8.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Qhichwa
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
North La Paz Quechua
French Name
népalais
quechua
German Name
Nepali
Quechua-Sprache
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈketʃwa]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Quechua
Origin
19 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Quechumaran Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Andean Equatorial
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Quechua
Language Position
5923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Quechua
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
ne
qu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
que
ISO 639 2/B
nep
que
ISO 639 3
npi
que
ISO 639 6
nep
que
Glottocode
nepa1254
quec1387
Linguasphere
12
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic