1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Nepal
India, No official status
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.7 Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
1.8 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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Hindi
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
कृपया
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.11 I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Doteli
Caribbean Hindustani
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
790,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
30.00 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
5.5 Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available