Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- 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
Spanish
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2737
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
55
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2146
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
Mhoro
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Gabon
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
Manheru
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
Masikati
Good Morning
Egun on
Mangwanani
Please
Mesedez
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Barkatu
Ndineurombo
Bye
Agur
bye
I Love You
Maite zaitut
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
France
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
68,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Souletin
Karanga
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
8,700.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Biscayan
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Spain
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
750,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.20 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.12 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
7.20 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
0.70 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Euskara
chiShona
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
basque
shona
German Name
Baskisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Shona people
Origin
c. 1000
20th century
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Basque
Standard Shona
Language Position
30107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
sna
ISO 639 2/B
baq
sna
ISO 639 3
eus
sna
ISO 639 6
eus
sna
Glottocode
basq1248
core1255
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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