Countries
Zimbabwe
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Indonesia
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
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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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4616
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Halo
Thank You
Waita zvako
Nuhun
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
Manheru
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Mangga
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Hapunten
Bye
bye
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Punten
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Banten
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Bogor
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Bandung
How Many People Speak
16.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.30 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
chiShona
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
shona
soundanais
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
20th century
5th century AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Sundanese
Language Position
10742
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
sun
ISO 639 2/B
sna
sun
ISO 639 3
sna
sun
ISO 639 6
sna
sun
Glottocode
core1255
sund1251
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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