About Sundanese Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Sundanese is pronounced as basa sÊŠnda. It is a Malayo-Polynesian language that is spoken by Sundanese people. It has got 40 million native speakers in the western part of Java. They represent about 15% of the total population. You will be surprised to know that Sundanese has a lot of dialects. It includes western, northern, southern, mid-east, and northeast dialects. The Priangan dialect covers the largest areas of the Sundanese language. It is also taught in elementary schools and other forms of education. This language is written in different writing systems if we look at history. The old Sundanese script is also full of this writing script. If we talk about the Pegon script it is still commonly used among other options. There are around 18 consonants in Sundanese phonology.
About Shona Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Shona is a Bantu language and is spoken by the Shona people of Zimbabwe. The language was codified by the colonial government and became popular during the 1950s. According to Ethnologue, the language was spoken in the Zezuru, Korekore, and Karanga dialects. It is spoken by 7.5 million people. Shona has Manyika and Ndau dialects and is spoken by 1,025,000 and 2,380,000 people. It is called Shona and is similar to the Ndau (Eastern Shona) and Karanga (Western Shona). Shona is a written standard language and became popular in the early 20th century. In the 1920s, the Rhodesian administration offered schoolbooks and other materials in Shona. The first novel in Shona was published in 1957. It is taught in the schools and has literature in the monolingual and bilingual dictionaries. The Standard Shona has a specific dialect and is spoken by the Karanga people of Masvingo Province. Shona dialects are taught in local schools.
