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Nepali vs Korean


Korean vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

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

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

Alphabets
48   
28
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
21   
18

How Many Consonants
36   
26
19   
9

Scripts
Devanagari   
Hangul   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
10,000.00   
99+

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
1.14 %   
16

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   

History

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   

Language Position
59   
99+
12   
11

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Nepali and Korean Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Korean language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. 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 Korean Language History.

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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.

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