Countries
Fiji, India
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
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, Oceania
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
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Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4437
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3346
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Mhoro
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Masikati
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Mangwanani
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
Ndineurombo
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
bye
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Karanga
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bundeli
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
214
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
380.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
4.70 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
260.00 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
हिन्दी
chiShona
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
hindi
shona
German Name
Hindi
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Shona people
Origin
7th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Standard Shona
Language Position
5107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
sna
ISO 639 2/B
hin
sna
ISO 639 3
hin
sna
ISO 639 6
hins
sna
Glottocode
hind1269
core1255
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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