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
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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
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
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
southern Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
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central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
guja1252
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Gujarati and Shona Speaking population
Gujarati and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Shona on Gujarati vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Gujarati and Shona Language Codes
Gujarati and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.