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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   
Not Available   

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   
11
44 weeks   
11

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   
30
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Crimean Turkish   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
140,000.00   
26

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 %   
21

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
15.00 million   
18

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
Not Available   
[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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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