Shona and Marathi Speaking countries

Shona and Marathi as Minority Language

In Shona and Marathi speaking countries you will get the countries which have Shona and Marathi 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 Shona and Marathi dialects, then you can go to Shona vs Marathi Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Shona and Marathi Regulators

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

Shona and Marathi Continents

Thinking about Shona and Marathi continents in which Shona and Marathi speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Shona and Marathi. Most of the Shona speaking countries lie in Africa. While Marathi speaking countries lie in Asia. 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 Shona and Marathi languages:

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.

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.

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