Nepali and Urdu
Countries
India, Nepal
India, Pakistan
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 in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Where They Speak
Nepal
India
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
India
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Nepal
South Asia
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Bihari
French Name
népalais
ourdou
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Not Available
Origin
19 BC
12th Century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Modern Standard Urdu
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Urdu
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
urdu1245
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional
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.
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.