Countries
Zimbabwe
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3727
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4615
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Khurumjari
Thank You
Waita zvako
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Manheru
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Masikati
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Nongale haugatl
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Saobiganu
Bye
bye
Chatcharage
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Loi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Karanga
Pangal
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
16.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
shona
Meithei
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Meithei people
Origin
20th century
1700
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Standard Meithei
Language Position
10738
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
mni
ISO 639 2/B
sna
mni
ISO 639 3
sna
mni
ISO 639 6
sna
mni
Glottocode
core1255
mani1292
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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