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Nepali and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
2   
13

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Nepal   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Hindi   

Derived From
Latin   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
17   
7
36   
26

Scripts
Arabic, Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
कृपया   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Griko   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Italy   
India, Nepal   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Ukraine   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million   
99+
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
ελληνικά   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
népalais   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Nepali   

Language Position
74   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
nep   

ISO 639 3
ell   
npi   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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All Greek and Nepali Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Nepali Speaking population

Greek and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Nepali on Greek vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Nepali Language Codes

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