Countries
Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
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Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3734
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4626
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
Salam
Thank You
Waita zvako
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
chone tao?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
jawáin shap
Good Evening
Manheru
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
Masikati
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Mangwanani
jawáin sawáh
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Ndineurombo
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
16.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Baluchi
French Name
shona
baloutchi
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
20th century
19th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Balochi
Language Position
10739
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
bal
ISO 639 2/B
sna
bal
ISO 639 3
sna
bal
ISO 639 6
sna
bal
Glottocode
core1255
balo1260
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-