Countries
India, Nepal
Zimbabwe
National Language
Nepal
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Hindi
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Mhoro
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Masikati
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Mangwanani
Please
कृपया
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Ndineurombo
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Nepal
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Karanga
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Nepal
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
népalais
shona
German Name
Nepali
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Shona people
Origin
19 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
Glottocode
nepa1254
core1255
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Nepali and Shona 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 Nepali and Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Shona language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Shona Difficulty
The Nepali vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Shona 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 Nepali and Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Shona time required is 30 weeks.