Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
India, Nepal
National Language
France
Nepal
Second Language
Africa, Canada
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
Asia
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
- 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
Italian Language
Hindi
Derived From
Latin
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
bonjour
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Merci
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
bonne Nuit
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
bonsoir
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Bonjour
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
S'il vous plaît
कृपया
Sorry
désolé
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
au revoir
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Je t'aime
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Quebec French
Doteli
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
Nepal
Dialect 2
African French
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Africa
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Swiss French
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
français
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Français
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
français
népalais
German Name
Französisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard French
Nepali
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
fras
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1290
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
French 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 French and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in French and Nepali language. French word for "Hello" is bonjour or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common French Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
French vs Nepali Difficulty
The French vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.