Urdu and Nepali
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
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Scripts
Arabic
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Where They Speak
India
Nepal
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
India
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Rekhta
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
South Asia
Nepal
Native Name
اُردُو
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Bihari
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
ourdou
népalais
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
urdu1245
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Agglutinative
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.
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.
