Countries
Zimbabwe
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Malaysia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Thailand
Regulated By
-
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Indonesian Language
Derived From
-
Tamil Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3726
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4624
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Hai
Thank You
Waita zvako
terima kasih
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Apa khabar?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
Manheru
Selamat Petang
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Selamat tengah hari
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Selamat pagi
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
sila
Sorry
Ndineurombo
maaf
Bye
bye
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Saya sayang kamu
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Maafkan saya
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Bengkulu
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Pekal
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0030,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Musi
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
16.003,100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
424
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million175.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million98.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Bahasa melayu
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Bahasa Malaysia
French Name
shona
malais
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Malaiisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Malaysian people
Origin
20th century
c. 683 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Language Position
10754
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Malaysian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
ms
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
msa
ISO 639 2/B
sna
may
ISO 639 3
sna
zsm
ISO 639 6
sna
may
Glottocode
core1255
stan1306
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative