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Nepali and Slovak


Slovak and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Nepal  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
15  
12

How Many Consonants
36  
26
38  
27

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Ahoj  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Dobré ráno  

Please
कृपया  
Prosím  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Pardón!  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
5.20 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
népalais  
slovaque  

German Name
Nepali  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
19 BC  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Slavic  

Branch
Indic  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Slovak  

Language Position
59  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
slo  

ISO 639 3
npi  
slk  

ISO 639 6
nep  
slk  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
12  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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

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Nepali and Slovak Speaking population

Nepali and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Nepali vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Slovak Language Codes

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

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