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
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
South Korea
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
ne
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
12
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Agglutinative
  
Nepali and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Korean language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Korean Difficulty
The Nepali vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.