Countries
India, Nepal
Fiji, India
National Language
Nepal
India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Central Hindi Directorate
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
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 (namaste)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
कृपया
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Nepal
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Marwari
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
népalais
hindi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Hindustani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
nepa1254
hind1269
Linguasphere
12
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
All Nepali and Hindi 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 Nepali and Hindi dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Hindi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Hindi Dialects are spoken in different Hindi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Hindi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Hindi dialects include: Khariboli , Marwari. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Hindi Speaking population
Nepali and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Nepali and Hindi on Nepali vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Hindi Language Codes
Nepali and Hindi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Hindi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.