Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India, Nepal
National Language
North Korea, South Korea
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
- 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
Chinese and Japanese languages
Hindi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hangul
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good afternoon
Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)
कृपया
Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
안녕 (annyeong)
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
South Korea
Nepal
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
South Korea
India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Nepal
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
한국어 (조선말)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
coréen
népalais
German Name
Koreanisch
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Koreans
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
Before 1st century
19 BC
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Nepali
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kore1280
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative
All Korean and Nepali Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Korean and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Korean and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Korean are spoken in different Korean Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Korean vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Korean dialects include: Jeju, Gyeongsang. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Korean and Nepali Speaking population
Korean and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Korean and Nepali on Korean vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Korean and Nepali Language Codes
Korean and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Korean and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.