Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
India, Nepal
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Nepal
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Asia
Minority Language
South Africa
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Not Available
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Hindi
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Thank you
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
How are you?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
I Love You
I love you
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
American English
Doteli
Where They Speak
United States of America
Nepal
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
English
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
anglais
népalais
German Name
Englisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
5th Century AD
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard English
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed English
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Agglutinative
English 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 English and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Nepali language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common English Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Nepali Difficulty
The English vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.