Countries
India, Nepal
India, Pakistan
National Language
Nepal
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Hindi
Hindi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
कृपया
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Nepal
Pakistan
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Saraiki
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Doabi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Pakistan, Punjab, India
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
népalais
pendjabi
German Name
Nepali
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Punjabis
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Nepali
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
panj1256
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
All Nepali and Punjabi 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 Punjabi dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Punjabi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Punjabi Dialects are spoken in different Punjabi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Punjabi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Punjabi dialects include: Pothohari , Saraiki. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Punjabi Speaking population
Nepali and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Nepali vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Punjabi Language Codes
Nepali and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.