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Konkani and Shona


Shona and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • 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
Marathi  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
46  
34

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
Mhoro  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
Mangwanani  

Please
Chike  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
Maf kor  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Adeus  
bye  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Goa  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Not present  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
-  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
-  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.40 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
konkani  
shona  

German Name
Konkani  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Shona people  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
23  
21
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
sna  

ISO 639 3
kok  
sna  

ISO 639 6
kok  
sna  

Glottocode
goan1235  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

Summary >>
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All Konkani 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 Konkani and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Konkani and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Konkani are spoken in different Konkani Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Konkani vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Konkani dialects include: Antruz Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Konkani and Shona Speaking population

Konkani and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Shona on Konkani vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Shona Language Codes

Konkani and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Konkani and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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