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Nepali vs Shona


Shona vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
48   
28
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
5   
2

How Many Consonants
36   
26
46   
34

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

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   

History

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   

Language Position
59   
99+
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Nepali and Shona Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Shona language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Shona language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Shona language states that this language originated in 20th 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 Shona Language History.

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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.

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