Countries
India
India, Nepal
National Language
India
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Hindi
Derived From
Prakrit Language
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
Good afternoon
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
कृपया
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Not present
Doteli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Not present
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Not Available
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Not present
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nepal
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
sanskrit
népalais
German Name
Sanskrit
Nepali
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Nepali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sans1269
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative
Sanskrit and Nepali 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 Sanskrit and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Nepali language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Nepali Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Nepali 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 Sanskrit and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.