Language code: sn

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sn

The table below provides technical details for the Shona language, designated by the sn code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

sn

Name

Official

Shona

Native

ChiShona

Family
Bantu
Scripts
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Plural rules

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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

*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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