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Language Comparison: Nepalbhasa Newari vs Kiga
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Aspect | Nepalbhasa Newari | Kiga |
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Family | Sino-Tibetan, Tibeto-Burman | Niger-Congo, Bantu |
Speakers | Approximately 800,000–1,000,000 | Approximately 1.6 million |
Features | Rich literary tradition, distinct tonal patterns, and complex verbal morphology; features classifiers and honorific forms | A Bantu language closely related to Rukiga and Runyankore; known for its noun class system, tonal distinctions, and rich oral tradition. |
Countries | Nepal (primarily in the Kathmandu Valley), with smaller communities in India, Bhutan, and Tibet | Uganda (primarily in the Kigezi region, southwestern Uganda) |
Writing System | Ranjana script (historically), Prachalit script, and Devanagari (modern use) | Latin script |
Tonal | Partially tonal | Yes, tones are used to distinguish meaning |
Grammatical Cases | Yes, uses nominative, genitive, dative, instrumental, and locative cases | No, uses noun class prefixes and concords |
Derived From | Old Newari (Classical Nepalbhasa) | Proto-Bantu |
Loanwords | From Sanskrit, Pali, Nepali, and Tibetan | From English, Swahili, and Luganda |
Dialects | Includes Kathmandu, Lalitpur (Patan), Bhaktapur, and Dolakha dialects, among others, with Kathmandu Newari considered the standard dialect | Kiga is closely related to Runyankore, and the two are sometimes considered dialects of a single language, though they are distinct in pronunciation and vocabulary. |
Alphabets | अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह (Devanagari script) | A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, W, Y, Z |
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