Countries
Zimbabwe
India, Nepal
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
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Language Academy of Nepal
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Hindi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Mhoro
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Waita zvako
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
Manheru
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Mangwanani
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
कृपया
Sorry
Ndineurombo
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Nepal
Dialect 2
Karanga
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Nepal
Native Name
chiShona
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
shona
népalais
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
20th century
19 BC
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Nepali
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
core1255
nepa1254
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Shona 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 Shona and Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Nepali Speaking population
Shona and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % 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 Shona and Nepali on Shona vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Nepali Language Codes
Shona and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.