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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
-  
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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
25
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Bajhangi  

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

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
17,000,000.00  
26

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 %  
22
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
5.00 million  
99+

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]  
[neˈpali]  

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
tur  
nep  

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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