Countries
India, Nepal
  
India
  
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 in
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Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
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
0
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.