Countries
Fiji, India
India, Nepal
National Language
India
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
कृपया
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Doteli
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Nepal
Dialect 2
Marwari
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Nepal
Native Name
हिन्दी
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
hindi
népalais
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Nepali
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
hind1269
nepa1254
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Hindi 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 Hindi and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Nepali language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Nepali Difficulty
The Hindi vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi 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 Hindi and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.