Countries
Zimbabwe
  
West Java
  
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
  
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.
  
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
Mhoro
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Waita zvako
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
Manheru
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
Masikati
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
Mangwanani
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
Ndineurombo
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
bye
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
Ndinokuda
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
Pamusoro
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Hwesa
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Banten
  
Dialect 2
Karanga
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
  
Bogor
  
Dialect 3
Zezuru
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
8.30 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
shona
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Schona-Sprache
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
20th century
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Not Available
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Not Available
  
Sundanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sn
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sna
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
sna
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
sna
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
core1255
  
sund1251
  
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
  
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Shona and Sundanese Speaking population
Shona and Sundanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Shona and Sundanese languages can be compared. The total count of Shona and Sundanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 %. 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 Sundanese on Shona vs Sundanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Shona and Sundanese Language Codes
Shona and Sundanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Shona and Sundanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.