Home
Languagevs


Japanese vs Nepali


Nepali vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
99  
40
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
12  
9

How Many Consonants
14  
4
36  
26

Scripts
Kana  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Doteli  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
28
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
India, Nepal  

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Nepal  

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
5.00 million  
29

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  

History

Origin
1185  
19 BC  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Nepali  

Language Position
8  
8
59  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Signed Nepali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
nep  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

Countries >>
<< All

Japanese and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Nepali language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Nepali Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages