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
Shona 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 Shona and Nepali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Shona and Nepali language. Shona word for "Hello" is Mhoro or Nepali word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (dhanyabad). Find more of such common Shona Greetings and Nepali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Shona vs Nepali Difficulty
The Shona vs Nepali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Shona 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 Shona and Nepali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Shona and Nepali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Shona is 30 weeks while to learn Nepali time required is 44 weeks.