Countries
India, Nepal
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
National Language
Nepal
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Hindi
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
कृपया
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Where They Speak
Nepal
South Korea
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
South Korea
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Nepal
China, North Korea
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
népalais
coréen
German Name
Nepali
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Koreans
Origin
19 BC
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Nepali
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nepa1254
kore1280
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
Nepali and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Korean language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Korean Difficulty
The Nepali vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.