Countries
West Java
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
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
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Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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
Madurese and Malay Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3337
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1646
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Mhoro
Thank You
Nuhun
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
Masikati
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
Mangwanani
Please
Mangga
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Hapunten
Ndineurombo
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
bye
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Punten
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Banten
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Karanga
Where They Speak
Bogor
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Bandung
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.0016.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
chiShona
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
soundanais
shona
German Name
Sundanesisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Shona people
Origin
5th century AD
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Standard Shona
Language Position
42107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
su
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
sna
ISO 639 2/B
sun
sna
ISO 639 3
sun
sna
ISO 639 6
sun
sna
Glottocode
sund1251
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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