Countries
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
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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
Alphabets
3237
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
155
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1746
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Mhoro
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
Sorry
jammer
Ndineurombo
Bye
Totsiens
bye
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Hwesa
Where They Speak
-
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Karanga
Where They Speak
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southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Namibia
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
7.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
19.00 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.10 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
10.30 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Afrikaans
chiShona
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
afrikaans
shona
German Name
Afrikaans
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Shona people
Origin
17th Century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Benue-Congo
Branch
Western
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Shona
Language Position
23107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
sna
ISO 639 2/B
afr
sna
ISO 639 3
afr
sna
ISO 639 6
afrs
sna
Glottocode
afri1274
core1255
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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