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Sanskrit and Nepali


Nepali and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Old German Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
12   
9

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
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
कृपया   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Not present   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
sanskrit   
népalais   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Indic   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
nep   

ISO 639 3
san   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All Sanskrit and Nepali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sanskrit and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Nepali Speaking population

Sanskrit and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sanskrit and Nepali on Sanskrit vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Nepali Language Codes

Sanskrit and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sanskrit and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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