Countries
India, Nepal
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Nepal
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
South Africa
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Hindi
Not Available
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Hello
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Thank you
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
How are you?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Night
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Good Morning
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Sorry
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
I love you
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Doteli
American English
Where They Speak
Nepal
United States of America
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Nepal
United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
English
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Not Available
French Name
népalais
anglais
German Name
Nepali
Englisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Not Available
Origin
19 BC
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard English
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed English
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
nepa1254
stan1293
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Nepali and English 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 Nepali and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and English language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs English Difficulty
The Nepali vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and English 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 Nepali and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.