National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
Not Available
NA
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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Bengali Language
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Mhoro
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Waita zvako
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
Manheru
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
Masikati
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
Mangwanani
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
Ndineurombo
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
I Love You
Ndinokuda
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Dialect 3
Zezuru
Not Available
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
shona
goudjrati
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Gujaratis
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
Not Available
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Not Available
Modern Gujarati
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
core1255
guja1252
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Shona and Gujarati 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 Gujarati dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Gujarati language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Gujarati Dialects are spoken in different Gujarati speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Gujarati Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi , Kharwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Gujarati Speaking population
Shona and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Shona vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Gujarati Language Codes
Shona and Gujarati language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Gujarati Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.