Countries
Zimbabwe
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
12
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, Oceania
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Urdu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
511
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4633
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Waita zvako
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
Manheru
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Marwari
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Bundeli
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
16.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
shona
hindi
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Hindustani people
Origin
20th century
7th Century
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
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Hindi
Language Position
1075
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Indian Signing System
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
hin
ISO 639 2/B
sna
hin
ISO 639 3
sna
hin
ISO 639 6
sna
hins
Glottocode
core1255
hind1269
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic