Cantonese and Shona
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Zimbabwe
National Language
China, Guangdong
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Alphabets in
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Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
晚安
Urare zvakanaka
Good Afternoon
下午好
Masikati
Good Morning
早上好
Mangwanani
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Hwesa
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
southern Zimbabwe
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
chiShona
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
cantonais
shona
German Name
Kantonesisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Shona people
Origin
17th century
20th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Shona
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Signed Shona
ISO 639 1
No data available
sn
ISO 639 3
No data available
sna
Glottocode
cant1236
core1255
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-a
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Shona dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Shona language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Shona Dialects are spoken in different Shona speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Shona Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Shona dialects include: Hwesa , Karanga. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Shona Speaking population
Cantonese and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Shona on Cantonese vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Shona Language Codes
Cantonese and Shona language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Shona Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.