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Nepali vs Xhosa


Xhosa vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
48   
28
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
10   
7

How Many Consonants
36   
26
43   
32

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Gcaleka   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
South Africa   

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Thembu   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
South Africa   

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Hlubi   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
20.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
0.11 %   
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   

History

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
59   
99+
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed Nepali   
Signed Xhosa   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Nepali and Xhosa Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Xhosa language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Xhosa language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC whereas history of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa Language History.

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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.

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