Countries
Zimbabwe
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3747
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
58
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4622
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
pranam
Thank You
Waita zvako
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Manheru
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Masikati
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Suprabhaat
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
kripaya
Sorry
Ndineurombo
maf karai
Bye
bye
Alavidā
I Love You
Ndinokuda
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
kripaya
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Nepal
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Madhubani
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
North India
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Khortha
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
16.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
415
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
shona
maithili
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Maithil
Origin
20th century
14th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Maithili
Language Position
10740
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
mai
ISO 639 2/B
sna
mai
ISO 639 3
sna
mai
ISO 639 6
sna
mai
Glottocode
core1255
mait1250
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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