Nepali and Zulu
Countries
India, Nepal
South Africa
National Language
Nepal
South Africa
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- 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.
Similar To
Hindi
Xhosa Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Sawubona
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
unjani
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
okuhle ekuseni
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Ngiyaxolisa
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Uxolo
Where They Speak
Nepal
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Georgia, South Africa
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Nepal
Zimbabwe
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
népalais
zoulou
German Name
Nepali
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Zulu people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Nepali
Deep Zulu
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nepa1254
zulu1248
Linguasphere
12
99-AUT-fg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali and Zulu 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 Zulu dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Zulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Zulu Dialects are spoken in different Zulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Zulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Zulu dialects include: Qwabe , central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Zulu Speaking population
Nepali and Zulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Zulu languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Zulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 %. 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 Zulu on Nepali vs Zulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Zulu Language Codes
Nepali and Zulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Zulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.