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Spanish vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
Nepal  
Spain  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
French Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
22  
12

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
hola  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Gracias  

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Buenos Días  

Please
कृपया  
Por Favor  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
triste  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
adiós  

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
105,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
11,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
3,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Español  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
népalais  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Nepali  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Spanish people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Romance  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
59  
99+
2  
2

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
spa  

ISO 639 3
npi  
spa  

ISO 639 6
nep  
spa  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
12  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Nepali and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Spanish language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 BC. 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Nepali vs Spanish Difficulty

The Nepali vs Spanish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Spanish 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 Spanish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Spanish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Spanish time required is 24 weeks.

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