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Malaysian and Shona


Shona and Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
24  
14
46  
34

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Musi  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
16.00 million  
33

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  

History

Origin
c. 683 AD  
20th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
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
54  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Malaysian and Shona Speaking population

Malaysian and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % 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 Malaysian and Shona on Malaysian vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malaysian and Shona Language Codes

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

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