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Xhosa vs Nepali


Nepali vs Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Nepal   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Hindi   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
12   
9

How Many Consonants
43   
32
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

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

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Molo   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
Ndicela   
कृपया   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

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

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
12   
12

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
isiXhosa   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
xhosa   
népalais   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
16th Century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Bantu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
isiXhosa   
Nepali   

Language Position
Not Available   
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
nep   

ISO 639 3
xho   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Xhosa and Nepali Language History

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

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

Xhosa vs Nepali Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.

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