Countries
India, Nepal
Fiji, India
National Language
Nepal
India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
कृपया
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Nepal
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Marwari
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
népalais
hindi
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Hindustani people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
hins
Glottocode
nepa1254
hind1269
Linguasphere
12
59-AAF-qf
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Nepali and Hindi Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Nepali and Hindi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Hindi language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Hindi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Hindi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Hindi Difficulty
The Nepali vs Hindi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Hindi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Nepali and Hindi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Hindi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Hindi time required is 44 weeks.