Afrikaans and Shona
Countries
South Africa
Zimbabwe
National Language
South Africa
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Africa
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
Similar To
Dutch Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Dankie
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
goeie nag
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Goeienaand
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Masikati
Good Morning
goeie more
Mangwanani
Please
asseblief
Ndinokumbirawo
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Not Available
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Karanga
Where They Speak
Not Available
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Namibia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Afrikaans
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Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
afrikaans
shona
German Name
Afrikaans
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
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Ethnicity
Afrikaners
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Origin
17th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
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Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
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Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
afrs
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Glottocode
afri1274
core1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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All Afrikaans and Shona Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Shona Speaking population
Afrikaans and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Shona on Afrikaans vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Shona Language Codes
Afrikaans and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.