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Countries

Countries

Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

61
0 46
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National Language

Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe

Second Language

Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

Minority Language

Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts

  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  • 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 Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
Kalanga and Nambya Language

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2737
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

55
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2346
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

54
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Hola
Mhoro

Thank You

Gràcies
Waita zvako

How Are You?

Com estàs?
Wakadini zvako?

Good Night

Bona nit
Urare zvakanaka

Good Evening

Bona nit
Manheru

Good Afternoon

Bona tarda
Masikati

Good Morning

Bon dia
Mangwanani

Please

Sisplau
Ndinokumbirawo

Sorry

Perdó!
Ndineurombo

Bye

Adéu
bye

I Love You

T'estimo
Ndinokuda

Excuse Me

Dispensi!
Pamusoro

Dialects

Dialect 1

Caló
Hwesa

Where They Speak

France, Portugal, Spain
Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

440,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Valencian
Karanga

Where They Speak

Spain
southern Zimbabwe

How Many People Speak

2,400,000.001,100,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Ribagorçan
Zezuru

Where They Speak

Spain
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland

How Many People Speak

4,000,000.0016.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

84
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

9.20 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.12 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

4.10 million8.30 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

5.10 million16.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

català
chiShona

Alternative Names

Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru

French Name

catalan; valencien
shona

German Name

Katalanisch
Schona-Sprache

Pronunciation

[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
[ʃoːna]

Ethnicity

Catalan people
Shona people

History

Origin

c. 1028
20th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

Romance
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Catalan
Old Shona and Middle Shona

Standard Forms

Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Shona

Language Position

32107
1 120
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Signed Forms

Signed Catalan
Signed Shona

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ca
sn

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

cat
sna

ISO 639 2/B

cat
sna

ISO 639 3

cat
sna

ISO 639 6

cat
sna

Glottocode

stan1289
core1255

Linguasphere

51-AAA-e
99-AUT-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

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Catalan and Shona Alphabets

Catalan and Shona Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Catalan and Shona. In Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Shona Alphabets there are 37 letters. To learn Catalan and Shona languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Catalan and Shona languages. The Catalan phonology consist Catalan vowels and Catalan consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Catalan greetings vs Shona greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Catalan and Shona are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Catalan and Shona Speaking population

Catalan and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Catalan and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Catalan and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 % 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 Catalan and Shona on Catalan vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Catalan and Shona Language Codes

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