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Arabic vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
23  
4

National Language
Nepal  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
28  
18

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
مرحبا  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
شكرا  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
صباح الخير  

Please
कृपया  
من فضلك  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
آسف  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
وداعا  

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
310,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
21,000,000.00  
23

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
népalais  
arabe  

German Name
Nepali  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Arabs  

History

Origin
19 BC  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Semitic  

Branch
Indic  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
59  
99+
25  
23

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
ara  

ISO 639 3
npi  
ara  

ISO 639 6
nep  
ara  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
12  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Nepali and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Arabic language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Nepali and Arabic Language History.

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Nepali and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Arabic language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Arabic Difficulty

The Nepali vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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