Countries
India, Nepal
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
20
0
46
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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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Hindi
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4843
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
1211
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3634
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
कृपया
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Nepal
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
790,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Nepal
India
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1213
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.43 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million40.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
népalais
bhojpuri
German Name
Nepali
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
19 BC
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Bhojpuri
Language Position
5937
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
bho
ISO 639 2/B
nep
bho
ISO 639 3
npi
bho
ISO 639 6
nep
bho
Glottocode
nepa1254
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
12
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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