Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
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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
2446
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Mhoro
Thank You
terima kasih
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Masikati
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Mangwanani
Please
sila
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
maaf
Ndineurombo
Bye
Selamat tinggal
bye
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Karanga
Where They Speak
Indonesia
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Indonesia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
244
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
chiShona
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
malais
shona
German Name
Malaiisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Shona people
Origin
c. 683 AD
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Shona
Language Position
54107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
sna
ISO 639 2/B
may
sna
ISO 639 3
zsm
sna
ISO 639 6
may
sna
Glottocode
stan1306
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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