Countries
India, Nepal
Japan
National Language
Nepal
Japan
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Palau
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Hindi
Korean Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
कृपया
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
すみません (Sumimasen)
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kagawa
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Hakata
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Fukuoka
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Kansai
Where They Speak
Nepal
kansai
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
日本語
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Not Available
French Name
népalais
japonais
German Name
Nepali
Japanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Japanese (Yamato)
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Nepali
Japanese
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Japanese
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
nucl1643
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Agglutinative, Synthetic
All Nepali and Japanese 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 Nepali and Japanese dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Japanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Japanese Dialects are spoken in different Japanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Japanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Japanese dialects include: Sanuki , Hakata. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Japanese Speaking population
Nepali and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Nepali and Japanese on Nepali vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Japanese Language Codes
Nepali and Japanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Japanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.