Countries
India, Nepal
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Nepal
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Hindi
Armenian
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
कृपया
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Doteli
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Nepal
Greece
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Nepal
Ukraine
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
népalais
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Nepali
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Hellenic
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Nepali
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
nepa1254
gree1276
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Nepali and Greek Speaking population
Nepali and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Nepali and Greek on Nepali vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Greek Language Codes
Nepali and Greek language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Greek Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.