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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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Indo-Iranian
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
sans1269
Linguasphere
12
No data available
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.