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Sindhi
Sindhi

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Sindhi and Shona

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Countries

Countries

India, Pakistan
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

India, Pakistan, Sindh
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
Not Available

Interesting Facts

  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  • 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.

Similar To

Gujarati
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Prakrit Language
Not Available

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

64NA
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

105
0 32
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How Many Consonants

4246
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Devanagari
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

NA4
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

NANA
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Assalam O Alaikum
Mhoro

Thank You

Meharbani
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Kehra haal aahin
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

tava kia aayo
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

Sham Jo Salam
Manheru

Good Afternoon

Assalam o Alaikum
Masikati

Good Morning

Subho Bakhair
Mangwanani

Please

Mehrbani
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

Moon khe afsos aahe
Ndineurombo

Bye

Allah Wahi
bye

I Love You

Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Maaf Kajo
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Siraiki
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Upper Sindh
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

NANA
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Vicholi
Karanga

Where They Speak

Central Sindh
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

NANA
700 80000000
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Dialect 3

Lari
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Lower Sindh
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

NANA
1400 96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

64
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

29.00 million25.00 million
0.13 1200
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Speaking Population

0.39 %0.13 %
0.11 89
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Native Speakers

25.00 million8.30 million
0.13 873
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Second Language Speakers

NANA
0.01 400
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Native Name

Not Available
Not Available

Alternative Names

Not Available
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

sindhi
shona

German Name

Sindhi-Sprache
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

Not Available
Not Available

Ethnicity

Not Available
Not Available

History

Origin

711 A.D
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Indo-Iranian
Benue-Congo

Branch

Indic
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Not Available
Not Available

Standard Forms

Sindhi
Not Available

Language Position

50107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Not Available
Not Available

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sd
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

snd
sna

ISO 639 2/B

snd
sna

ISO 639 3

snd
sna

ISO 639 6

Not Available
Not Available

Glottocode

sind1272
core1255

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available

Language Morphological Typology

Not Available
Not Available

Sindhi and Shona Alphabets

Sindhi and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Sindhi and Shona. In Sindhi Alphabets there are 64 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are Not Available letters. To learn Sindhi and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Sindhi and Shona languages. The Sindhi phonology consist Sindhi vowels and Sindhi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Sindhi greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Sindhi and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All Sindhi and Shona Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Sindhi and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Sindhi and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sindhi are spoken in different Sindhi Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sindhi vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki, Vicholi. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Sindhi and Shona Speaking population

Sindhi and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Sindhi and Shona on Sindhi vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sindhi and Shona Language Codes

Sindhi and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Sindhi and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.