Countries
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Nepal
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Hindi
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
سلام
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
متشکرم
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
چطور هستید?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
شب بخیر
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
صبح به خیر
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
متاسف
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
خدا حافظ
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Doteli
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Nepal
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
népalais
persan
German Name
Nepali
Persisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Persian people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Nepali
Persian
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
fars1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Nepali and Persian Speaking population
Nepali and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Nepali vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Persian Language Codes
Nepali and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.