Countries
Rajastan, India
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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 in
Alphabets
4237
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
105
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3246
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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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
Dialect 1
Jogi
Hwesa
Where They Speak
India
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
14,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bagri
Karanga
Where They Speak
India
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
14,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Dhundhari
Zezuru
Where They Speak
India
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
22.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.21 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
14.00 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
13.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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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
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
72107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Signed Shona
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
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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