1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Iran
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
1.9 Similar To
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Kurdish and Persian
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Waita zvako
mana bebahgsh
3.3 How Are You?
Wakadini zvako?
chone tao?
3.4 Good Night
Urare zvakanaka
jawáin shap
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
Ndinokumbirawo
Mihrabani kan
3.9 Sorry
Ndineurombo
bebaksh / bebagsh
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Ndinokuda
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA5,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
southern Zimbabwe
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA3,400,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
8.30 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Schona-Sprache
Belutschisch
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
20th century
19th Century
6.2 Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Not Available
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available