Countries
India, Nepal
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Hindi
Hindi Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4853
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
129
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3641
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
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 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
कृपया
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Nepal
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
790,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Saraiki
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Doabi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
1230
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
népalais
pendjabi
German Name
Nepali
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Punjabis
Origin
19 BC
1000 AD
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
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Nepali
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
5923
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
ne
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
pan
ISO 639 2/B
nep
pan
ISO 639 3
npi
pan
ISO 639 6
nep
panj
Glottocode
nepa1254
panj1256
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional