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Punjabi and Nepali


Nepali and Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Pakistan  
Nepal  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Hindi Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
12  
9

How Many Consonants
41  
30
36  
26

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  
कृपया  

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Pakistan  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Saraiki  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
26
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Doabi  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00  
3
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
30  
24
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million  
12
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.44 %  
12
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
100.00 million  
11
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million  
17
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
pendjabi  
népalais  

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
Not Availble  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Punjabis  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Indic  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi  
Nepali  

Language Position
23  
21
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
-  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
pa  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
pan  
nep  

ISO 639 3
pan  
npi  

ISO 639 6
panj  
nep  

Glottocode
panj1256  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Agglutinative  

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

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Punjabi and Nepali Speaking population

Punjabi and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Punjabi and Nepali on Punjabi vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Nepali Language Codes

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

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