Countries
India, Nepal
  
Israel
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Israel
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Israel
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Academy of the Hebrew 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.
  
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Arabic and Aramaic languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Aramaic Language
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hebrew-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Vowels
0
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Hebrew
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
שלום (Shalom)
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
תודה (Toda)
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
  
Please
कृपया
  
בבקשה (bevekshah)
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
סליחה! (Slicha)
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
להתראות (Lehitraot)
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
בבקשה!
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Ashkenazi Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Samaritan Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Israel, Palestine
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Yemenite Hebrew
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Israel
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
9.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
4.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
5.60 million
  
27
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Israeli, Ivrit
  
French Name
népalais
  
hébreu
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Hebräisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19 BC
  
1000 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Indic
  
Canaanitic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Modern Hebrew
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Signed Hebrew
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
he
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
heb
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
heb
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
heb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
hebr1246
  
Linguasphere
12
  
12-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Nepali and Hebrew 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 Hebrew greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Hebrew language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Hebrew word for "Thank You" is תודה (Toda). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Hebrew Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Hebrew Difficulty
The Nepali vs Hebrew difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Hebrew 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 Hebrew are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Hebrew, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Hebrew time required is 44 weeks.