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Countries

Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

231
0 46
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National Language

Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Africa, Asia
Africa

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts

  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  • 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

Amharic and Hebrew
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2837
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

85
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2846
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic
Latin

Writing Direction

Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

44
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

88 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

مرحبا
Mhoro

Thank You

شكرا
Waita zvako

How Are You?

كيف حالك؟
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

تصبح على خير
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

مساء الخير
Manheru

Good Afternoon

مساء الخير
Masikati

Good Morning

صباح الخير
Mangwanani

Please

من فضلك
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

آسف
Ndineurombo

Bye

وداعا
bye

I Love You

أحبك
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

اعذرني
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Maghrebi
Hwesa

Where They Speak

Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

310,000,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Sudanese
Karanga

Where They Speak

Sudan
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

17,000,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Levantine
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Cyprus, Levant
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

21,000,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

264
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

452.00 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

4.43 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

206.00 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

246.00 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

(al arabiya) العربية
chiShona

Alternative Names

Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

arabe
shona

German Name

Arabisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Arabs
Shona people

History

Origin

512 CE
20th century

Language Family

Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Semitic
Benue-Congo

Branch

North Arabic
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Modern Standard Arabic
Standard Shona

Language Position

25107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Arabic
Signed Shona

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ar
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ara
sna

ISO 639 2/B

ara
sna

ISO 639 3

ara
sna

ISO 639 6

ara
sna

Glottocode

arab1395
core1255

Linguasphere

12-AAC
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic and Shona Alphabets

Arabic and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Arabic and Shona. In Arabic Alphabets there are 28 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Arabic and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Arabic and Shona languages. The Arabic phonology consist Arabic vowels and Arabic consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Arabic greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Arabic and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

All Arabic 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 Arabic and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Arabic and Shona Speaking population

Arabic and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Shona on Arabic vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Shona Language Codes

Arabic and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.