Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
India, Nepal
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 in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
Doteli
Where They Speak
Greece
Nepal
Where They Speak
Italy
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Nepal
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Nepali
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Greek 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 Greek and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Nepali language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Nepali Difficulty
The Greek vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.