Countries
India, Nepal
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Nepal
Spain
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Hindi
French Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
hola
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Gracias
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Cómo estás?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Buenos Días
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
triste
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
adiós
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Doteli
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Nepal
Mexico
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Nepal
Puerto Rico
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Español
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
népalais
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Nepali
Spanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Nepali
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
stan1288
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic