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Shona
Shona

Madurese
Madurese



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Countries

Countries

Zimbabwe
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore

Total No. Of Countries

15
0 46
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National Language

Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Indonesia, Island of Madura

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa
Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

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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.
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.

Similar To

Kalanga and Nambya Language
Malay and Javanese Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3727
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

56
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4621
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

44
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

30 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Mhoro
Halo

Thank You

Waita zvako
matur nuwun

How Are You?

Wakadini zvako?
piye kabare?

Good Night

Urare zvakanaka
wengi sing apik

Good Evening

Manheru
Sugeng sọnten

Good Afternoon

Masikati
Sugeng siang

Good Morning

Mangwanani
Sugeng énjing

Please

Ndinokumbirawo
tolong

Sorry

Ndineurombo
Nyuwun pangapunten

Bye

bye
Pamit

I Love You

Ndinokuda
Kula tresna panjengan

Excuse Me

Pamusoro
Nuwun séwu

Dialects

Dialect 1

Hwesa
Kangean

Where They Speak

Zimbabwe
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

11,000,000.00110,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Karanga
Bawean

Where They Speak

southern Zimbabwe
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

1,100,000.008,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Zezuru
Bangkalan

Where They Speak

central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Indonesia

How Many People Speak

16.008,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

46
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

25.00 million15.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.23 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.30 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

16.00 million14.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

chiShona
Madurese

Alternative Names

Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura

French Name

shona
madourais

German Name

Schona-Sprache
Maduresisch

Pronunciation

[ʃoːna]
[madura]

Ethnicity

Shona people
Madurese

History

Origin

20th century
8th Century AD

Language Family

Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

Benue-Congo
Indonesian

Branch

Bantu
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Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Shona
Madurese

Language Position

10769
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Shona
Madurese Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sn
No data Available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sna
mad

ISO 639 2/B

sna
mad

ISO 639 3

sna
mad

ISO 639 6

sna
-

Glottocode

core1255
madu1247

Linguasphere

99-AUT-a
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Language Morphological Typology

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Shona and Madurese Alphabets

Shona and Madurese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Shona and Madurese. In Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters while in Madurese Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Shona and Madurese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Shona and Madurese 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 Madurese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Shona and Madurese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Shona and Madurese Speaking population

Shona and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Shona vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Shona and Madurese Language Codes

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