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Nepali vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Nepal  
Philippines  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Agyamanak  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Kumusta?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
कृपया  
mangngegda  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Pakada  

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
népalais  
ilocano  

German Name
Nepali  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
18th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
59  
99+
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
npi  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
nep  
ilo  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
12  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Nepali and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Ilocano language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th Century. 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Nepali vs Ilocano Difficulty

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

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