Countries
Vietnam
India, Nepal
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 in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese
Doteli
Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
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
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
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
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
Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
viet1252
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Agglutinative
Vietnamese and Nepali 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 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.
Vietnamese vs Nepali Difficulty
The Vietnamese vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Vietnamese Alphabets and Nepali 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 Vietnamese and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Vietnamese and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Vietnamese is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.