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Nepali vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs 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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Nepali and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Sindhi language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Nepali and Sindhi Language History.

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Nepali and Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Sindhi language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Nepali vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is 44 weeks.

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