Countries
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
India, Nepal
National Language
Spain
Nepal
Second Language
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
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
- 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.
Similar To
French Language
Hindi
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
hola
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Gracias
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Buenas Noches
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Buenos Días
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
triste
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
adiós
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Te Quiero
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Doteli
Where They Speak
Mexico
Nepal
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Cuba
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
Español
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
espagnol; castillan
népalais
German Name
Spanisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative