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Nepali vs Greek


Greek vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
48  
28
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
7  
4

How Many Consonants
36  
26
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
99+
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Griko  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
26
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

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
[neˈpali]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Hellenic  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
59  
99+
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
gre  

ISO 639 3
npi  
ell  

ISO 639 6
nep  
ells  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
12  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Nepali and Greek Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Greek language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Nepali and Greek Language History.

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Nepali and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Greek language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Greek Difficulty

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

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