Countries
Zimbabwe
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3743
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4634
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Waita zvako
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
Manheru
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
bye
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
India
How Many People Speak
16.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
413
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
shona
bhojpuri
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Shona people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
20th century
19th Century
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
Bhojpuri
Language Position
10737
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
bho
ISO 639 2/B
sna
bho
ISO 639 3
sna
bho
ISO 639 6
sna
bho
Glottocode
core1255
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-