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Assamese and Shona


Shona and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   
  • 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
Bengali and Oriya  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
5  
2

How Many Consonants
41  
30
46  
34

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Mhoro  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
Masikati  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
Mangwanani  

Please
anugroha kori  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
biḍai  
bye  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Assam  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
assamais  
shona  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Shona people  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
65  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
sna  

ISO 639 3
asm  
sna  

ISO 639 6
asm  
sna  

Glottocode
assa1263  
core1255  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Assamese and Shona 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 Assamese and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Assamese and Shona Speaking population

Assamese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Assamese and Shona on Assamese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Shona Language Codes

Assamese and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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