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
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3753
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
59
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4641
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
44
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
Manheru
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Saraiki
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Zezuru
Doabi
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
16.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
430
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
25.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.30 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
16.00 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
shona
pendjabi
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Shona people
Punjabis
Origin
20th century
1000 AD
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
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
10723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
sn
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
pan
ISO 639 2/B
sna
pan
ISO 639 3
sna
pan
ISO 639 6
sna
panj
Glottocode
core1255
panj1256
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional