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Zulu vs Nepali


Nepali vs Zulu


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
57   
34
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
12   
9

How Many Consonants
50   
35
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
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)   

Please
Ngiyacela   
कृपया   

Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
bye   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

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

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Qwabe   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Ndebele   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.16 %   
99+
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
12.00 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
5.00 million   
29

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   

History

Origin
19   
19 BC   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Beatu   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
urban Zulu   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Deep Zulu   
Nepali   

Language Position
87   
99+
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
zu   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zul   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
zul   
nep   

ISO 639 3
zul   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
zulu1248   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg   
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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Zulu and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Zulu vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Zulu and Nepali language. History of Zulu language states that this language originated in 19 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 Zulu and Nepali Language History.

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

Zulu vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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