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Nepali and Hindi


Hindi and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Fiji, India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Urdu  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
11  
8

How Many Consonants
36  
26
33  
23

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Khariboli  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
240,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Marwari  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
22,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Bundeli  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Bundelkhand  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
380.00 million  
5

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
4.70 %  
5

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
260.00 million  
4

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
120.00 million  
6

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
हिन्दी  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli  

French Name
népalais  
hindi  

German Name
Nepali  
Hindi  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Hindustani people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Standard Hindi  

Language Position
59  
99+
5  
5

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
hi  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
hin  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
hin  

ISO 639 3
npi  
hin  

ISO 639 6
nep  
hins  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
hind1269  

Linguasphere
12  
59-AAF-qf  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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