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Nepali vs Esperanto


Esperanto vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
East Asia, European Union, South America  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Nepal  
East Asia, European Union  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Central Europe, East Asia, Eastern Europe, South America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, South America  

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

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Akademio de Esperanto  

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.
  
  • The most widely spoken constructed language in the world is Esperanto.
  • Esperanto is an artificial international language.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Latin and Italian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
27  
17

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Halo  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Dankon  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Kiel vi sanas?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Bonan nokton  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Bonan vesperon  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Bonan posttagmezon  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Bonan matenon  

Please
कृपया  
Mi petas  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Mi bedaŭras!  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Ĝis poste  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Mi amas vin  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Pardonu!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Not present  

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

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Not present  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
2,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
0  

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
0.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Esperanto  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Eo, La Lingvo Internacia  

French Name
népalais  
espéranto  

German Name
Nepali  
Esperanto  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[espeˈranto]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Esperanto speakers  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1887  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Esperanto  

Language Position
59  
99+
33  
31

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signuno  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
eo  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
epo  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
epo  

ISO 639 3
npi  
epo  

ISO 639 6
nep  
epo  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
espe1235  

Linguasphere
12  
51-AAB-da  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Constructed  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative  

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Nepali and Esperanto Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Esperanto language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Esperanto language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Esperanto language states that this language originated in 1887. 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 Esperanto Language History.

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

Nepali vs Esperanto Difficulty

The Nepali vs Esperanto difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Esperanto 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 Esperanto are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Esperanto, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Esperanto time required is 6 weeks.

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