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Sanskrit and Shona


Shona and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
Prakrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
46  
34

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks  
5
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)  
Mhoro  

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार  
Masikati  

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)  
Mangwanani  

Please
कृपया (kripayā)  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)  
bye  

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
-  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Not present  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
-  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
-  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
0  
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
14.10 million  
99+
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
sanskrit  
shona  

German Name
Sanskrit  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers  
Shona people  

History

Origin
2000 B.C.  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Indic  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Sanskrit  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
23  
21
107  
99+

Signed Forms
-  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sa  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
san  
sna  

ISO 639 3
san  
sna  

ISO 639 6
san  
sna  

Glottocode
sans1269  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Sanskrit and Shona Speaking population

Sanskrit and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 % 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 Sanskrit and Shona on Sanskrit vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Shona Language Codes

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

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