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Nepali and Urdu


Urdu and Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nepal  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
People's Republic of China  
India  

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Hindi  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
10  
7

How Many Consonants
36  
26
40  
29

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
कृपया  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)  
الوداع  

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
India  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
India  

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
South Asia  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  
Bihari  

French Name
népalais  
ourdou  

German Name
Nepali  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Not Available  

History

Origin
19 BC  
12th Century CE  

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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
59  
99+
20  
18

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
urd  

ISO 639 3
npi  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
12  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional  

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

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Nepali and Urdu Speaking population

Nepali and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Nepali vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Nepali and Urdu Language Codes

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

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