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Marwari and Shona


Shona and Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Rajastan, 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
Nepal, Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Gujarati Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
46  
34

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
khammaghani  
Mhoro  

Thank You
dhanyavaad  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
shubh raatri  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Shubh Havar  
Mangwanani  

Please
kirpa  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
Maaf Karo  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
bye  
bye  

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
maaf karo  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
India  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
33
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Bagri  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
India  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
31
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Dhundhari  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
India  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.00 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
Marwari  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
marvari  
shona  

German Name
Marwari  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi  
Shona people  

History

Origin
16  
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
Marwari  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
72  
99+
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
mwr  
sna  

ISO 639 3
mwr  
sna  

ISO 639 6
mwr  
sna  

Glottocode
raja1256  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Marwari and Shona Speaking population

Marwari and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marwari and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Marwari and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 % 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 Marwari and Shona on Marwari vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marwari and Shona Language Codes

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

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