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Nepali and Sindhi


Sindhi and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nepal  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
42  
31

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
कृपया  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
25,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Central Sindh  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
25,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Lower Sindh  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
25.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
25.00 million  
27

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
سنڌي  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Sindhi  

French Name
népalais  
sindhi  

German Name
Nepali  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[neˈpali]  
[sɪndi]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Sindhi people  

History

Origin
19 BC  
711 A.D  

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  
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Sindhi  

Language Position
59  
99+
50  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Sindhi  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
snd  

ISO 639 3
npi  
snd  

ISO 639 6
nep  
snd  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
sind1272  

Linguasphere
12  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Nepali and Sindhi 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 Sindhi dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Sindhi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Sindhi Dialects are spoken in different Sindhi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Sindhi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki , Vicholi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Nepali and Sindhi Speaking population

Nepali and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Nepali vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Sindhi Language Codes

Nepali and Sindhi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Sindhi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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