Sanskrit and Shona
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
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
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
Dialect 1
Not present
Hwesa
Where They Speak
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Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Not present
Karanga
Where They Speak
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southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Not present
Zezuru
Where They Speak
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central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Second Language Speakers
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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
Origin
2000 B.C.
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
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Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
sans1269
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Ancient
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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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.
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.