Countries
India, Nepal
Vietnam
National Language
Nepal
Vietnam
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Czech Republic
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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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.
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Hindi
Chinese Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
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Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Xin chào
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Cam on
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Chào buổi sáng
Please
कृपया
xin vui lòng
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Xin lỗi
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Tạm biệt
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Doteli
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Nepal
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Nepal
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
népalais
vietnamien
German Name
Nepali
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Vietnamese
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nepa1254
viet1252
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Isolating
Nepali and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Vietnamese language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Nepali vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.