Countries
Zimbabwe
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
India, Pakistan
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3744
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
517
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4627
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Waita zvako
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
Manheru
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Hach ch'i
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Ndineurombo
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
bye
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Ndinokuda
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Poguli
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Rambani
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
India
How Many People Speak
16.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million5.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
shona
kashmiri
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
20th century
12th 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
Kashmiri
Language Position
10723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
kas
ISO 639 2/B
sna
kas
ISO 639 3
sna
kas
ISO 639 6
sna
kas
Glottocode
core1255
kash1277
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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