Language code: sn
Technical information about ISO 639 language code sn
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The table below provides technical details for the Shona language, designated by the sn code from the ISO 639-1 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Official Shona Native ChiShona |
| Family | Bantu |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | ZezuruKarangaKorekoreManyikaNdau |
| Related languages | KalangaNambyaSena |
| Key facts | Uses about 20 noun classes typical of Bantu languagesDistinguishes meaning through high and low tones that are usually not writtenStandard orthography was unified in 1955 after work by the Rhodesia Native Affairs DepartmentEarly modern Shona novel 'Feso' (1957) helped establish written literary tradition |
| Sample phrase | Mhoro, wakadini? |
| Character encodings | |
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Shona belongs to the Niger-Congo language family, specifically to the Bantu subgroup. It is one of the official languages of Zimbabwe and is also used in some parts of Mozambique. It is written using the Latin script (Shona alphabet). It is estimated that there are around 10 million speakers worldwide.
Language presence globally
Speakers
11M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Shona speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
Related locale codes
sn-ZW – Shona (Zimbabwe)
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- GitHub integration
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- Supported file formats
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ