Countries
India, Nepal
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Nepal
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Lesotho, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Botswana, Lesotho
  
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.
  
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
Similar To
Hindi
  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Molo
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
Ndiyabulela
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Unjani
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
Ulale kakuhle
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
Ubusuku obuhle
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
Uben' emva kwemini entle
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
Molo
  
Please
कृपया
  
Ndicela
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Ndicela uxolo
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
Ndiyakuthanda
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Uxolo
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Gcaleka
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Thembu
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
South Africa
  
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Hlubi
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
South Africa
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
20.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
8.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
isiXhosa
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
  
French Name
népalais
  
xhosa
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Xhosa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
  
Origin
19 BC
  
16th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
isiXhosa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
xh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
xho
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
xho
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
xho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
xhos1239
  
Linguasphere
12
  
99-AUT-fa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Nepali and Xhosa 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 Xhosa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Xhosa language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Xhosa word for "Thank You" is Ndiyabulela. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Xhosa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Xhosa Difficulty
The Nepali vs Xhosa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Xhosa 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 Xhosa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Xhosa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Xhosa time required is 44 weeks.