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Shona vs Nepali


Nepali vs 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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Shona and Nepali Language History

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

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Shona and Nepali 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 Shona and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Nepali language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Shona vs Nepali Difficulty

The Shona vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona Alphabets and Nepali 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 Shona and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is Not Available while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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