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Shona
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Bengali
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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone

Total No. Of Countries

14
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America

Regulated By

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Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi

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.
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Assamese and Oriya

Derived From

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Sanskrit Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3751
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

511
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4640
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

42
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
হ্যালো (Hyālō)

Thank You

Waita zvako
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)

Good Evening

Manheru
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)

Good Afternoon

Masikati
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)

Good Morning

Mangwanani
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)

Sorry

Ndineurombo
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)

Bye

bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)

I Love You

Ndinokuda
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Chakma

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Burma, India

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Hajong

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.0071,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Rarhi

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
India

How Many People Speak

16.00230,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

425
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million215.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %3.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million196.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million19.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa

French Name

shona
bengali

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Bengali

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[ˈbeŋɡali]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Bengalis (Bengali people)

History

Origin

20th century
1000–1200 CE

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian

Branch

Bantu
Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
Abahatta, Old Bengali

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Bengali

Language Position

1074
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Signed Bengali

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
bn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
ben

ISO 639 2/B

sna
ben

ISO 639 3

sna
ben

ISO 639 6

sna
ben

Glottocode

core1255
beng1280

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
59-AAF-u

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Shona and Bengali Alphabets

Shona and Bengali Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Bengali. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Bengali Alphabets there are 51 letters. To learn Shona and Bengali languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Bengali languages. The Shona phonology consist Shona vowels and Shona consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Shona greetings vs Bengali greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Bengali are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Bengali Speaking population

Shona and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Shona and Bengali on Shona vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Bengali Language Codes

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