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.
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.
Speakers
11M
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Shona speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
sn-ZW
– Shona (Zimbabwe)
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