Countries
Zimbabwe
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
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
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Bengali Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3747
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4631
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
Manheru
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
bye
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Kharwa
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Surati
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
-
How Many People Speak
16.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million50.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million55.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
shona
goudjrati
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Gujaratis
Origin
20th century
15
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Bantu
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
10723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Gujarati
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
guj
ISO 639 2/B
sna
guj
ISO 639 3
sna
guj
ISO 639 6
sna
guj
Glottocode
core1255
guja1252
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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