Countries
Zimbabwe
  
India
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
bye
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
Not Available
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Not Available
  
French Name
shona
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Origin
20th century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Shona and Sanskrit Speaking population
Shona and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. 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 Sanskrit on Shona vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Sanskrit Language Codes
Shona and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.