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Vietnamese vs Nepali


Nepali vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Vietnam  
Nepal  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
-  
Language Academy of Nepal  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language  
Hindi  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
12  
9

How Many Consonants
21  
11
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Cam on  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
xin vui lòng  
कृपया  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
790,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
17,000,000.00  
29

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
17,000,000.00  
26

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
vietnamien  
népalais  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[neˈpali]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
19 BC  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Nepali  

Language Position
14  
13
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
nep  

ISO 639 3
vie  
npi  

ISO 639 6
vie  
nep  

Glottocode
viet1252  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Agglutinative  

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Vietnamese and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Nepali language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Vietnamese and Nepali Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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