Shona and Dzongkha
Countries
Zimbabwe
Bhutan
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Regulated By
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Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
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Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Hello
Mhoro
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Waita zvako
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
Manheru
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
Masikati
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Mangwanani
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Tsip maza
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Tsip maza
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bhutan
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Bhutan
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Bhutan
Native Name
chiShona
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
shona
dzongkha
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Ngalop people
Origin
20th century
17th Century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Branch
Bantu
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Dzongkha
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
core1255
nucl1307
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Shona and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Dzongkha language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Dzongkha Dialects are spoken in different Dzongkha speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Dzongkha Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Dzongkha dialects include: Laya , Lunana. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Dzongkha Speaking population
Shona and Dzongkha speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Dzongkha languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Dzongkha Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dzongkha language is 0.07 %. 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 Dzongkha on Shona vs Dzongkha where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Dzongkha Language Codes
Shona and Dzongkha language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Dzongkha Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.