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Vietnamese vs Nepali


Nepali vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Vietnam   
Nepal   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Chinese Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
12   
9

How Many Consonants
21   
11
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Cam on   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
xin vui lòng   
कृपया   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
vietnamien   
népalais   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
19 BC   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Nepali   

Language Position
14   
13
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
nep   

ISO 639 3
vie   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Vietnamese and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Nepali language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC. 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 Vietnamese and Nepali Language History.

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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 Vietnamese and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Vietnamese and Nepali language. Vietnamese word for "Hello" is Xin chào or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Vietnamese Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

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