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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
bye
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Hwesa
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
népalais
  
shona
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Not Available
  
Origin
19 BC
  
20th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Benue-Congo
  
Branch
Indic
  
Bantu
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
12
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Nepali and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Shona language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Shona Difficulty
The Nepali vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.