Countries
Zimbabwe
Myanmar
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Mon
Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
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 naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Thai Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Mhoro
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
Manheru
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Karanga
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Burma
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Not Available
Bamar people
Origin
20th century
1113 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Burmese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
sout3159
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Shona and Burmese 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 Shona and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Burmese Speaking population
Shona and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. 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 Shona and Burmese on Shona vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Burmese Language Codes
Shona and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.