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Hindi and Shona


Shona and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India   
Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India   
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  
  • 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
Urdu   
Kalanga and Nambya Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
Not Available   

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11   
8
5   
2

How Many Consonants
33   
23
46   
34

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)   
Mhoro   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
Waita zvako   

How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   
Wakadini zvako?   

Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   
Urare zvakanaka   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   
Manheru   

Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   
Masikati   

Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   
Mangwanani   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
Ndinokumbirawo   

Sorry
खेद (Khēda)   
Ndineurombo   

Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)   
bye   

I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   
Ndinokuda   

Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   
Pamusoro   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli   
Hwesa   

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   
Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Marwari   
Karanga   

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   
southern Zimbabwe   

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Bundeli   
Zezuru   

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand   
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million   
5
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
4.70 %   
5
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
260.00 million   
4
8.30 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million   
6
Not Available   

Native Name
हिन्दी   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru   

French Name
hindi   
shona   

German Name
Hindi   
Schona-Sprache   

Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Hindustani people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
7th Century   
20th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Indic   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Not Available   

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi   
Not Available   

Language Position
5   
5
107   
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hi   
sn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hin   
sna   

ISO 639 2/B
hin   
sna   

ISO 639 3
hin   
sna   

ISO 639 6
hins   
Not Available   

Glottocode
hind1269   
core1255   

Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf   
99-AUT-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Hindi and Shona Speaking population

Hindi and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Shona on Hindi vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Shona Language Codes

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

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