Countries
Zimbabwe
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3721
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4619
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Bwakeye
Thank You
Waita zvako
Urakoze
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
Manheru
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Mwaramutse
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Ndasubiza
Bye
bye
N’agasaga
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Ha
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Shubi
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
16.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
shona
rundi
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
20th century
1500
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Kirundi
Language Position
10786
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
sn
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
run
ISO 639 2/B
sna
run
ISO 639 3
sna
run
ISO 639 6
sna
run
Glottocode
core1255
rund1242
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
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