Countries
Fiji, India
  
Zimbabwe
  
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 in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million
  
5
25.00 million
  
40
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.