Shona and Javanese
Countries
Zimbabwe
Indonesia
National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Indonesia
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Regulated By
Not Available
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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 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.
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waita zvako
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
Manheru
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
Masikati
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Mangwanani
Sugeng énjing
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Not Available
Sorry
Ndineurombo
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Ndinokuda
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Hwesa
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Karanga
Cirebon
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Indonesia
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Indonesia
Native Name
Not Available
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
shona
javanais
German Name
Schona-Sprache
Javanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Not Available
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
20th century
450 AD
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Indonesian
Branch
Bantu
Not Available
Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
Standard Forms
Not Available
Javanese
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
core1255
java1253
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Shona and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Shona and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Shona are spoken in different Shona Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Shona vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Shona dialects include: Hwesa, Karanga. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Shona and Javanese Speaking population
Shona and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Shona vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Javanese Language Codes
Shona and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.