Countries
India
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
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Interesting Facts
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
- 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
Bengali and Assamese
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4237
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
115
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3146
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Mhoro
Thank You
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
Waita zvako
How Are You?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Manheru
Good Afternoon
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Masikati
Good Morning
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Mangwanani
Please
ଦୟାକରି
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Ndineurombo
Bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
bye
I Love You
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Baleswari
Hwesa
Where They Speak
India
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Ganjami
Karanga
Where They Speak
India
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
33,800,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kosli
Zezuru
Where They Speak
India
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
520,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
33.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.50 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
33.00 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
35.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
chiShona
Alternative Names
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
oriya
shona
German Name
Oriya-Sprache
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Odias
Shona people
Origin
3 BC
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Branch
Indic
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Odia
Standard Shona
Language Position
32107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
or
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ori
sna
ISO 639 2/B
ori
sna
ISO 639 3
ori
sna
ISO 639 6
ori
sna
Glottocode
macr1269
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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