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Nepali and Sindhi


Sindhi and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nepal   
India, Pakistan, Sindh   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   

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.
  
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Gujarati   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
64   
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
42   
31

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Assalam O Alaikum   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Meharbani   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Kehra haal aahin   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
tava kia aayo   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
Sham Jo Salam   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
Assalam o Alaikum   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
Subho Bakhair   

Please
कृपया   
Mehrbani   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Moon khe afsos aahe   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Allah Wahi   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Maaf Kajo   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Siraiki   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Upper Sindh   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Vicholi   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Central Sindh   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Lari   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Lower Sindh   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
29.00 million   
37

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.39 %   
34

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Not Available   

French Name
népalais   
sindhi   

German Name
Nepali   
Sindhi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19 BC   
711 A.D   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Sindhi   

Language Position
59   
99+
50   
37

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
sd   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
snd   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
snd   

ISO 639 3
npi   
snd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
sind1272   

Linguasphere
12   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Nepali and Sindhi Speaking population

Nepali and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Nepali and Sindhi on Nepali vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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