National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Mhoro
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
Manheru
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
Ndineurombo
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
bye
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India
Dialect 2
Karanga
Ganjami
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
India
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
India
Native Name
chiShona
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Odias
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Odia
Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
Glottocode
core1255
macr1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Shona and Oriya 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 Oriya dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Oriya language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Oriya Dialects are spoken in different Oriya speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Oriya Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Oriya dialects include: Baleswari , Ganjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Oriya Speaking population
Shona and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Shona vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Oriya Language Codes
Shona and Oriya language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Oriya Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.