Countries
Indonesia
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2637
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1946
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
74
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Mhoro
Thank You
Terima kasih
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
Masikati
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
Mangwanani
Please
mohon Untuk
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
maaf
Ndineurombo
Bye
Selamat tinggal
bye
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Permisi
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Karanga
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
464
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
163.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
140.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
chiShona
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
indonésien
shona
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Shona people
Origin
7th Century
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Standard Shona
Language Position
56107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
id
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
sna
ISO 639 2/B
ind
sna
ISO 639 3
ind
sna
ISO 639 6
ind
sna
Glottocode
indo1316
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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