Javanese and Shona
Countries
Indonesia
Zimbabwe
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
matur nuwun
Waita zvako
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
Masikati
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Mangwanani
Please
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Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Ndineurombo
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
bye
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Karanga
Where They Speak
Indonesia
southern Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Indonesia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
basa Jawa
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Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
javanais
shona
German Name
Javanisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
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Origin
450 AD
20th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Javanese
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
java1253
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Javanese 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 Javanese and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Shona Speaking population
Javanese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Shona on Javanese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Shona Language Codes
Javanese and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.