Countries
Zimbabwe
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
maaf
  
Bye
bye
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
163.00 million
  
11
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
Not Available
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
shona
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
20th century
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
All Shona and Indonesian 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 Indonesian dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Indonesian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Indonesian Dialects are spoken in different Indonesian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Indonesian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Indonesian dialects include: Sundanese , Balinese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Indonesian Speaking population
Shona and Indonesian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Indonesian languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Indonesian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 %. 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 Indonesian on Shona vs Indonesian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Indonesian Language Codes
Shona and Indonesian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Indonesian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.