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Greek vs Nepali


Nepali vs 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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Greek and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Nepali language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Nepali Language History.

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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.

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