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Nepali vs Japanese


Japanese vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
48  
28
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
14  
4

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kana  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
790,000.00  
30
1,000,000.00  
28

Dialect 2
Bajhangi  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
India, Nepal  
Fukuoka  

Dialect 3
Baitadeli  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
kansai  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.25 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
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)  

History

Origin
19 BC  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Nepali  
Japanese  

Language Position
59  
99+
8  
8

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ne  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
nep  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
npi  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
nepa1254  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
12  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Nepali and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Japanese language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Nepali and Japanese Language History.

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Nepali and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Japanese language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Japanese Difficulty

The Nepali vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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