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Urdu and Nepali


Nepali and Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
52   
31
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
40   
29
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
India   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
12
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
India   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Rekhta   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
South Asia   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.25 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Language Position
20   
18
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

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   

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All Urdu 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 Urdu and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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