Nepali linguistic data

Word order, tone, gender count, case marking, adposition direction, syllable structure, consonant inventory traits, vowel system, morphological alignment, script, register stratification, speaker count, and geographic area. Each row is one feature with Nepali's value visible; you can add other languages to read the same feature side by side.

Typological features are merged from URIEL+ (Mortensen et al.) and a curated set authored against descriptive grammars. Speaker counts come from Ethnologue and Glottolog. Geographic area is computed from the Asher 2007 world language atlas. Similarity scores combine genetic distance, typological overlap, and lexical-borrowing data.

Pronouns and verb conjugations split across three respect levels. For 'you': timi (familiar/intermediate), tapāī̃ (polite/respectful), and the very high hajur. The verb agrees: low forms (ta khāncha 'he eats'), mid (timi khānchau), high (tapāī̃ khānuhuncha). Choosing the wrong level reads as too familiar or too distant.

Both are Indo-Aryan and share core typology (SOV, postpositions, two genders, Devanagari), but Nepali sits in the Pahari sub-group while Hindi descends from Khariboli (Western Hindi). Nepali has its own verb-conjugation patterns, distinct vocabulary (more Sanskrit/Pahari-derived items), and the three-tier honorific system. Mutual intelligibility is partial.

All three are Indo-Aryan, share core grammar, postpositions, and Devanagari script. Nepali absorbs more Sanskrit-derived lexicon than Hindi, and shares Pahari features with Garhwali and Kumaoni. The factor breakdown chip on the row tells you which dimensions contributed most.