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Nepali vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Nepal  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Hindi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
12  
9

How Many Consonants
23  
13
36  
26

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
कृपया  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Yue  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
chinois  
népalais  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
19 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese  
Nepali  

Language Position
1  
1
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
nep  

ISO 639 3
zho  
npi  

ISO 639 6
zho  
nep  

Glottocode
sini1245  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Chinese and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Nepali language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Nepali Language History.

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

Chinese vs Nepali Difficulty

The Chinese vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese 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 Chinese and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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