Countries
Zimbabwe
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Goa
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
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Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3749
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
514
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4635
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
Manheru
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Badaga
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Urali
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
kerala
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Kurumba
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
16.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
shona
kannada
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Kannadiga
Origin
20th century
c. 450
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Modern Kannada
Language Position
10731
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
kan
ISO 639 2/B
sna
kan
ISO 639 3
sna
kan
ISO 639 6
sna
kan
Glottocode
core1255
nucl1305
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-