Countries
India
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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 Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4737
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3146
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Mhoro
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Masikati
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Mangwanani
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Ndineurombo
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
bye
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Hwesa
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
46,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Kharwa
Karanga
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Surati
Zezuru
Where They Speak
-
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
56,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
60.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.74 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
50.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
55.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
goudjrati
shona
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Shona people
Origin
15
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Standard Shona
Language Position
23107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
guj
sna
ISO 639 2/B
guj
sna
ISO 639 3
guj
sna
ISO 639 6
guj
sna
Glottocode
guja1252
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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