Countries
Zimbabwe
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Kannada Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3751
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
516
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4635
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Mhoro
Namaskara
Thank You
Waita zvako
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
yedde rathre
Good Evening
Manheru
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
Masikati
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
Mangwanani
yedde kaande
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Daya maltadu
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
bye
Barpe
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Karanga
Jain
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,100,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Girijan
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
16.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.30 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
chiShona
Tulu
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
shona
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German Name
Schona-Sprache
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ʃoːna]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Shona people
Tuluva
Origin
20th century
14
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
-
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Shona
Tulu
Language Position
10723
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Shona
Signed Tulu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sn
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sna
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
sna
tul
ISO 639 3
sna
tcy
ISO 639 6
sna
tcy
Glottocode
core1255
tulu1258
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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