Countries
Zimbabwe
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
-
-
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Munda Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3730
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
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Henda ho
Thank You
Waita zvako
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Manheru
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Masikati
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Boge Setak’
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
দয়া করে
Sorry
Ndineurombo
দুঃখিত
Bye
bye
Hariau
I Love You
Ndinokuda
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Mahali
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Not present
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
-
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Not present
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
-
How Many People Speak
16.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
41
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
shona
santal
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
20th century
20th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Santali
Language Position
10741
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
sat
ISO 639 2/B
sna
sat
ISO 639 3
sna
sat
ISO 639 6
sna
sat
Glottocode
core1255
sant1410
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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