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Shona and Nepali


Nepali and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
12   
9

How Many Consonants
46   
34
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Manheru   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
कृपया   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
bye   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
Not Available   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
shona   
népalais   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
20th century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Nepali   

Language Position
107   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
nep   

ISO 639 3
sna   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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All Shona and Nepali 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 Shona and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Shona and Nepali Speaking population

Shona and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Shona and Nepali on Shona vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Nepali Language Codes

Shona and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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