Countries
Meghalaya
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2337
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1446
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumno
Mhoro
Thank You
Khublei
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
thia sukh
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Manheru
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
Masikati
Good Morning
khublei
Mangwanani
Please
Sngewbha
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Map
Ndineurombo
Bye
khublei
bye
I Love You
ieit ieit
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
map a nga
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Hwesa
Where They Speak
-
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Nonglung
Karanga
Where They Speak
-
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Zezuru
Where They Speak
-
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0016.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
54
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.84 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Ka Ktien
chiShona
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
khasi
shona
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Shona people
Origin
1200 AD
20th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Khasi
Standard Shona
Language Position
40107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
sna
ISO 639 2/B
kha
sna
ISO 639 3
kha
sna
ISO 639 6
kha
sna
Glottocode
khas1269
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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