Countries
India, Nepal
Zimbabwe
National Language
Nepal
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Hindi
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Mhoro
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Masikati
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Mangwanani
Please
कृपया
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Nepal
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Karanga
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Nepal
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
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Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
népalais
shona
German Name
Nepali
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
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Origin
19 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
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Standard Forms
Nepali
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nepa1254
core1255
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Nepali and Shona Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Nepali and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Shona Speaking population
Nepali and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Nepali and Shona on Nepali vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Shona Language Codes
Nepali and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.