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Sundanese and Nepali


Nepali and Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
Nepal  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
  • 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
Madurese and Malay Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
16  
6
36  
26

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks  
15
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Nuhun  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

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

Good Night
Wilujeng kulem  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Mangga  
कृपया  

Sorry
Hapunten  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Wilujeng angkat  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Punten  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Banten  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
18
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Northern dialect  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Bogor  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
16
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Bandung  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00  
15
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million  
32
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
39.00 million  
22
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Basa Sunda  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
soundanais  
népalais  

German Name
Sundanesisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
5th century AD  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Sundanese  
Nepali  

Language Position
42  
39
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
su  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sun  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
sun  
nep  

ISO 639 3
sun  
npi  

ISO 639 6
sun  
nep  

Glottocode
sund1251  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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All Sundanese and Nepali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sundanese and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Sundanese and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sundanese are spoken in different Sundanese Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sundanese vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sundanese dialects include: Western dialect, Northern dialect. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sundanese and Nepali Speaking population

Sundanese and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sundanese and Nepali on Sundanese vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Nepali Language Codes

Sundanese and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sundanese and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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