Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Nepal
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
People's Republic of China
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Hindi
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good afternoon
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
कृपया
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Bye
الوداع
  
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Doteli
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Bajhangi
  
Where They Speak
India
  
India, Nepal
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Baitadeli
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
اُردُو
  
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
French Name
ourdou
  
népalais
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Nepali
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
19 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Indic
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Nepali
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Signed Nepali
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
ne
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
nep
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
nep
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
npi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
nepa1254
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
12
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Agglutinative
  
Urdu and Nepali Speaking population
Urdu and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Nepali on Urdu vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Nepali Language Codes
Urdu and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.