1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Nepal
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
1.4 Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Republic of Brazil
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
1.7 Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- 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.
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
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)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.2 Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
3.3 How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
3.4 Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
3.5 Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Good afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
3.10 Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
नमस्ते (namaste)
3.11 I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
3.12 Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
790,000.00790,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
India, Nepal
India, Nepal
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
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 million30.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
25.00 million25.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
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
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Nepali
6.4 Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual, Macrolanguage
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
Agglutinative
Agglutinative