Countries
India, Nepal
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Nepal
  
India, Pakistan, Sindh
  
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
  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
  
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.
  
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Gujarati
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Assalam O Alaikum
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
Meharbani
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Kehra haal aahin
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
tava kia aayo
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Sham Jo Salam
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
Assalam o Alaikum
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Subho Bakhair
  
Please
कृपया
  
Mehrbani
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Moon khe afsos aahe
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Allah Wahi
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Maaf Kajo
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Siraiki
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Upper Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Vicholi
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Central Sindh
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Lari
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Lower Sindh
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
29.00 million
  
37
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Not Available
  
French Name
népalais
  
sindhi
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Sindhi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19 BC
  
711 A.D
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Sindhi
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
sd
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
snd
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
snd
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
snd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
sind1272
  
Linguasphere
12
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Nepali and Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Sindhi language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Sindhi Difficulty
The Nepali vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.