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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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