Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India, Nepal
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Hindi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hangul
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
कृपया
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
South Korea
Nepal
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
South Korea
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Nepal
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
coréen
népalais
German Name
Koreanisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[hangukmal]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Koreans
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
Before 1st century
19 BC
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Nepali
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
kore1280
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
Korean 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 Korean and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Korean and Nepali language. Korean word for "Hello" is 안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Korean Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Korean vs Nepali Difficulty
The Korean vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.