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Assamese and Shona


Shona and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
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
Bangladesh, Bhutan   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
    •   
  • 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
Bengali and Oriya   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
41   
30
46   
34

Scripts
Bengali   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar   
Mhoro   

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
subhoraattri   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
subha gadhuli   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
subha abeli   
Masikati   

Good Morning
suprobhaat   
Mangwanani   

Please
anugroha kori   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
biḍai   
bye   

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Goalpariya   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Western Assam   
southern Zimbabwe   

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Assam   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
8.30 million   
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
assamais   
shona   

German Name
Assamesisch   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Assamese people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
7th century A.D   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Assamese   
Not Available   

Language Position
65   
99+
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
as   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
asm   
sna   

ISO 639 3
asm   
sna   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
assa1263   
core1255   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w   
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   

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All Assamese 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 Assamese and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Assamese and Shona Speaking population

Assamese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % 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 Assamese and Shona on Assamese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Shona Language Codes

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

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