1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Nepal
India, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Pakistan
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
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
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
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)
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
3.3 How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
3.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
3.8 Please
कृपया
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
3.9 Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
3.10 Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
3.11 I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
3.12 Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
790,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA20,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
Pakistan, Punjab, India
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 million154.30 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million100.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Nepali
Pandschabi-Sprache
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Availble
5.5 Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Punjabis
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Indian Signing System (ISS)
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Not Available
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology