Countries
India, Nepal
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
National Language
Nepal
France
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Africa, Canada
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
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.
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
Similar To
Hindi
Italian Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
bonjour
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Merci
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Comment allez-vous?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
bonne Nuit
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
bonsoir
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Bonjour
Please
कृपया
S'il vous plaît
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
désolé
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
au revoir
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Je t'aime
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Excuse Moi
Dialect 1
Doteli
Quebec French
Where They Speak
Nepal
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
African French
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Africa
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Swiss French
Where They Speak
Nepal
Northeast France, Switzerland
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
français
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Français
French Name
népalais
français
German Name
Nepali
Französisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
French people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Romance
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old French, Middle French and French
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard French
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nepa1254
stan1290
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Fusional, Synthetic
Nepali and French 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 Nepali and French greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and French language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or French word for "Thank You" is Merci. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and French Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs French Difficulty
The Nepali vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and French 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 Nepali and French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.