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Nepali vs Sanskrit


Sanskrit vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nepal   
India   

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   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Hindi   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
16   
13

How Many Consonants
36   
26
36   
26

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
कृपया   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Not present   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
0   

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
14.10 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
Not Available   

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

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

French Name
népalais   
sanskrit   

German Name
Nepali   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Not Available   

History

Origin
19 BC   
2000 B.C.   

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   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
san   

ISO 639 3
npi   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
12   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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Nepali and Sanskrit Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Sanskrit language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Sanskrit language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C.. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Nepali and Sanskrit Language History.

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Nepali and Sanskrit Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Nepali and Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Sanskrit language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Sanskrit Difficulty

The Nepali vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Sanskrit Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Nepali and Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.

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