Countries
India, Nepal
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Nepal
  
India
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
कृपया
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
40.00 million
  
31
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
40.00 million
  
24
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
népalais
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19 BC
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
12
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available