Khasi and Shona
Countries
Meghalaya
Zimbabwe
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
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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
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
I Love You
ieit ieit
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
map a nga
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
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Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Karanga
Where They Speak
-
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Zezuru
Where They Speak
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central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
Ka Ktien
chiShona
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
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
Early Forms
No Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Khasi
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sn
Glottocode
khas1269
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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-
All Khasi 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 Khasi and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Shona Speaking population
Khasi and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % 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 Khasi and Shona on Khasi vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Shona Language Codes
Khasi and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.