Marathi and Shona Speaking countries

Marathi and Shona as Minority Language

In Marathi and Shona speaking countries you will get the countries which have Marathi and Shona as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Marathi and Shona dialects, then you can go to Marathi vs Shona Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Marathi and Shona Regulators

Marathi and Shona speaking countries provide you Marathi and Shona regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad regulates Marathi language.Shona is not regulated. Also get to learn, Marathi and Shona Language History.

Marathi and Shona Continents

Thinking about Marathi and Shona continents in which Marathi and Shona speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Marathi and Shona. Most of the Marathi speaking countries lie in Asia. While Shona speaking countries lie in Africa. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Marathi and Shona languages:

Marathi Interesting Facts:

• Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
• Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.

Shona Interesting Facts:

• 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.

The Marathi language was derived from Sanskrit Language and is similar to Konkani Language whereas Marathi language is similar to Kalanga and Nambya Language and derived from Not Available.