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