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Shona and Indonesian


Indonesian and Shona


Countries

Countries
Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
Not Available   
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
46   
34
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Mhoro   
Halo   

Thank You
Waita zvako   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Urare zvakanaka   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Manheru   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Masikati   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Mangwanani   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Ndinokumbirawo   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Ndineurombo   
maaf   

Bye
bye   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Ndinokuda   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Pamusoro   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Hwesa   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Zimbabwe   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Karanga   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Zezuru   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
8.30 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
Not Available   
Bahasa Melayu   

Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   
Bahasa Indonesia   

French Name
shona   
indonésien   

German Name
Schona-Sprache   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
20th century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Benue-Congo   
Indonesian   

Branch
Bantu   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Language Position
107   
99+
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sn   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sna   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
sna   
ind   

ISO 639 3
sna   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
core1255   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Shona and Indonesian Speaking population

Shona and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Shona vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Indonesian Language Codes

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

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