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Turkish vs Nepali


Nepali vs Turkish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11   
5
2   
13

National Language
Turkey   
Nepal   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
teşekkür ederim   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

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

Good Night
İyi Geceler   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
günaydın   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
lütfen   
कृपया   

Sorry
üzgünüm   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Hoşçakal   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

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

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish   
Doteli   

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

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00   
9
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish   
Bajhangi   

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

How Many People Speak
480,000.00   
29
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Gagauz   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
140,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million   
23
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.95 %   
21
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million   
20
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Türkçe   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

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

French Name
turc   
népalais   

German Name
Türkisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Turkish   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
c. 1350   
19 BC   

Language Family
Turkic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Turkic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   
Nepali   

Language Position
19   
17
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
tr   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
tur   
nep   

ISO 639 3
tur   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1301   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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Turkish and Nepali Language History

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

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

Turkish vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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