Countries
India, Nepal
Japan
National Language
Nepal
Japan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Palau
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Hindi
Korean Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
कृपया
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Hakata
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Kansai
Where They Speak
Nepal
kansai
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
日本語
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Not Available
French Name
népalais
japonais
German Name
Nepali
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Nepali
Japanese
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
nucl1643
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Nepali and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Japanese language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Japanese Difficulty
The Nepali vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.