Countries
India, Nepal
South Africa
National Language
Nepal
South Africa
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Hindi
Dutch Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
hallo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Dankie
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
goeie nag
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Goeie middag
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
goeie more
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
jammer
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Totsiens
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Doteli
Kaapse Afrikaans
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Nepal
Namibia
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Cape Dutch
French Name
népalais
afrikaans
German Name
Nepali
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Afrikaners
Origin
19 BC
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nepa1254
afri1274
Linguasphere
12
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic
Nepali and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Nepali and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Afrikaans language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Nepali vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Nepali and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.