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Nepali vs Turkish


Turkish vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
11  
5

National Language
Nepal  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
36  
26
21  
11

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
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Merhaba  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
teşekkür ederim  

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

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
günaydın  

Please
कृपया  
lütfen  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
üzgünüm  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Hoşçakal  

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

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
népalais  
turc  

German Name
Nepali  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Turkish  

History

Origin
19 BC  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Turkic  

Branch
Indic  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
59  
99+
19  
17

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
tur  

ISO 639 3
npi  
tur  

ISO 639 6
nep  
tur  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
12  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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Nepali and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Turkish language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Nepali vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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