Countries
Zimbabwe
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Māori Language 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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Tahitian Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3720
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4610
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
42
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Hello
Thank You
Waita zvako
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Night pai
Good Evening
Manheru
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Morning pai
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Tēnā
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Aroha mai
Bye
bye
poroporoaki
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Hwesa
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
16.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
New Zealand Maori
French Name
shona
maori
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Māori people
Origin
20th century
1814
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Polynesian
Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Maori
Language Position
10726
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
mri
ISO 639 2/B
sna
mao
ISO 639 3
sna
mri
ISO 639 6
sna
mri
Glottocode
core1255
maor1246
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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