Zulu and Nepali
Countries
South Africa
India, Nepal
National Language
South Africa
Nepal
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
- 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
Xhosa Language
Hindi
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Sawubona
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
unjani
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Good afternoon
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Uxolo
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Ndebele
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Nepal
Native Name
isiZulu
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
zoulou
népalais
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
Nepali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Zulu people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
urban Zulu
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
Nepali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
zulu1248
nepa1254
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
All Zulu 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 Zulu and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Nepali Speaking population
Zulu and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Nepali on Zulu vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Nepali Language Codes
Zulu and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.