Countries
Japan
India, Nepal
National Language
Japan
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Hindi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
कृपया
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Nepal
Dialect 2
Hakata
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Kansai
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
kansai
Nepal
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
日本語
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
japonais
népalais
German Name
Japanisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Japanese
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1643
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Agglutinative
Japanese 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 Japanese and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Nepali language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Nepali Difficulty
The Japanese vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.