Countries
India, Nepal
India
National Language
Nepal
India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Hindi
Old German Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
कृपया
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Not present
Where They Speak
Nepal
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Not present
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Not present
Where They Speak
Nepal
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Not Available
French Name
népalais
sanskrit
German Name
Nepali
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
Not Available
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Nepali
Sanskrit
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
sans1269
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic
Nepali and Sanskrit Speaking population
Nepali and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. 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 Sanskrit on Nepali vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Sanskrit Language Codes
Nepali and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.