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
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3751
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4640
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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)
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
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Rarhi
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
India
How Many People Speak
16.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
425
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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)
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
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
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
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-