Countries
India, Nepal
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Nepal
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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.
- Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
- Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
Similar To
Hindi
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
कृपया
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Nepal
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Serbia
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Montenegrin
French Name
népalais
serbe
German Name
Nepali
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Serbs
Origin
19 BC
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nepa1254
serb1264
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Nepali and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Serbian Speaking population
Nepali and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Nepali vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Serbian Language Codes
Nepali and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.