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Nepali vs Spanish


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
46  
1
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
27  
9
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
22  
12
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Please
Por Favor  
कृपया  

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Mexico  
Nepal  

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

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Cuba  
India, Nepal  

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

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Puerto Rico  
Nepal  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million  
3
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
6.15 %  
3
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
410.00 million  
2
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million  
9
5.00 million  
99+

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]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Spanish people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
210 BC  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  
Nepali  

Language Position
2  
2
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
es  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
spa  
nep  

ISO 639 3
spa  
npi  

ISO 639 6
spa  
nep  

Glottocode
stan1288  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Spanish and Nepali Language History

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

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

Spanish vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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