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
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
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 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.