Countries
India, Nepal
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
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46
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National Language
Nepal
Russia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Hindi
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary