Nepali and Xhosa
Countries
India, Nepal
South Africa
National Language
Nepal
South Africa
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Hindi
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Molo
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Unjani
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Molo
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Uxolo
Where They Speak
Nepal
South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Thembu
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
South Africa
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Nepal
South Africa
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
népalais
xhosa
German Name
Nepali
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
19 BC
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
isiXhosa
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nepa1254
xhos1239
Linguasphere
12
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Nepali and Xhosa 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 Nepali and Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Xhosa Speaking population
Nepali and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Nepali and Xhosa on Nepali vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Xhosa Language Codes
Nepali and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.