Countries
India, Nepal
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Nepal
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Hindi
German and English Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Hallo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
dankjewel
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
goedemiddag
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
goedemorgen
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
sorry
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
vaarwel
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
pardon
Dialect 1
Doteli
Gronings
Where They Speak
Nepal
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Nepal
Belgium, Netherlands
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
népalais
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Nepali
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Dutch people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Germanic
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nepa1254
mode1257
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Nepali and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Dutch language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Dutch Difficulty
The Nepali vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.