Countries
India, Nepal
  
China
  
National Language
Nepal
  
China
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Working Committee of Ethnic Language and Writing of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
  
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.
  
- Uyghur language has large quantity of loan words from Persian, Russian and Chinese.
- Uyghur was originally written with the Orkhon Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Uzbek Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Gokturk Language
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Uyghur-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Vertical, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Ässalamu läykum.
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
rakhmat
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Yakshimasiz? / Qandaq ahwalingiz?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Kachlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Atiganlikingz khayrilik bolsun!
  
Please
कृपया
  
birdam
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
kachurung
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Khayr khosh
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
sizni yahshi kOrman
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Kachurung
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Turpan
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Hotan
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
China
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Lop Nur
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
China
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
10.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Уйғур /ئۇيغۇر (ujġgur / uyghur)
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Uighuir, Uighur, Uiguir, Uigur, Uygur, Weiwu’er, Wiga
  
French Name
népalais
  
ouïgour
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Uigurisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʊjʁʊrˈtʃɛ], [ʊjˈʁʊr tili]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Uyghur
  
Origin
19 BC
  
11
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Karakhanid, Chagatai, Eastern Turki
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Uyghur
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
ug
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
uig
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
uig
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
uig
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
uigh1240
  
Linguasphere
12
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Nepali and Uyghur 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 Uyghur greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Uyghur language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Uyghur word for "Thank You" is rakhmat. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Uyghur Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Uyghur Difficulty
The Nepali vs Uyghur difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Uyghur 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 Uyghur are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Uyghur, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Uyghur time required is 44 weeks.