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Sanskrit vs Nepali


Nepali vs 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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Sanskrit and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Sanskrit vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Sanskrit and Nepali language. History of Sanskrit language states that this language originated in 2000 B.C. whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Sanskrit and Nepali Language History.

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Sanskrit and Nepali 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 Sanskrit and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Nepali language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Sanskrit vs Nepali Difficulty

The Sanskrit vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Nepali 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 Sanskrit and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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