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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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