Shona and Khasi
Countries
Zimbabwe
Meghalaya
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
Thank You
Waita zvako
Khublei
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
thia sukh
Good Evening
Manheru
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
Masikati
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
Mangwanani
khublei
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Sngewbha
I Love You
Ndinokuda
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
map a nga
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Nonglung
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
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Native Name
chiShona
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Khasi people
Origin
20th century
1200 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Khasi
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
Glottocode
core1255
khas1269
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 Khasi 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 Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Khasi Speaking population
Shona and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Shona vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Khasi Language Codes
Shona and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.