Countries
Zimbabwe
Rajastan, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Rajastan, India
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
Nepal, Pakistan
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
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Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3742
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
510
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4632
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Mhoro
khammaghani
Thank You
Waita zvako
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
shubh raatri
Good Evening
Manheru
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Shubh Havar
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
kirpa
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Maaf Karo
Bye
bye
bye
I Love You
Ndinokuda
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Jogi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0014,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Bagri
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
India
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0014,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
India
How Many People Speak
16.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million22.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million14.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Marwari
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
shona
marvari
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Marwari
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Marwari or Marwadi
Origin
20th century
16
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Marwari
Language Position
10772
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
mwr
ISO 639 2/B
sna
mwr
ISO 639 3
sna
mwr
ISO 639 6
sna
mwr
Glottocode
core1255
raja1256
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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